Maprounea

<i>Maprounea</i>

Maprounea

Genus of flowering plants

Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
  2. Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  3. Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
  4. Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
  5. Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire
Formerly included

Quick Facts Maprounea, Scientific classification ...

moved to Mabea

  • Maprounea glauca - Mabea taquari

References

  1. [1]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  2. [2]
    Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 895, t. 342 in Latin
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Maprounea Aubl.
  4. [4]
    Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. [5]
    Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144


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