Maesobotrya

<i>Maesobotrya</i>

Maesobotrya

Genus of flowering plants

Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1879[2][3][4] and is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Maesobotrya:[7]

  • Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya bertramiana - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon
  • Maesobotrya floribunda - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe
  • Maesobotrya griffoniana - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya klaineana - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya liberica - Liberia
  • Maesobotrya longipes - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Maesobotrya pauciflora - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
  • Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
  • Maesobotrya staudtii - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya vermeulenii - Central Africa
  • Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Formerly included[1]


References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13, plate 1296 line drawing
  3. [3]
    Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:75-76 description in Latin, commentary in English
  4. [4]
    Tropicos, Maesobotrya Benth.
  5. [5]
    Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. [6]
    Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
  7. [7]
    "Maesobotrya Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.


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