Biology:Maesobotrya
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Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1879[1][2][3] and is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]
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[4]
- Maesobotrya oblonga - moved to Antidesma oblongum
- Maesobotrya stapfiana - moved to Protomegabaria stapfiana
References
- ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13, plate 1296 line drawing
- ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:75-76 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Maesobotrya Benth.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin 61 (1): 37–53.
- ↑ "Maesobotrya Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:15616-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q5232845 entry
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