Mabea (plant)

Mabea
Mabea occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Mabea
Aubl.
Type species
Mabea piriri[1][2]
Aubl.

Mabea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1775.[3][2] It is native to Central and South America as well as Mexico and Trinidad.[4][5][6]

Species[4]
  1. Mabea anadena - Peru, Bolivia, B Amazonas
  2. Mabea angularis - Guyana, Peru, N Brazil
  3. Mabea angustifolia - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  4. Mabea anomala - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  5. Mabea arenicola - Amazon Basin
  6. Mabea biglandulosa - Mt. Roraima, Roraima
  7. Mabea caudata - Guyana, Suriname
  8. Mabea chocoensis - Colombia
  9. Mabea elata - Ecuador, Peru
  10. Mabea elegans - Bolivia, B Amazonas
  11. Mabea excelsa - Veracruz, Chiapas, Central America
  12. Mabea fistulifera - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  13. Mabea frutescens - SE Colombia, V Amazonas
  14. Mabea gaudichaudiana - São Paulo
  15. Mabea glaziovii - NE Brazil
  16. Mabea jefensis - Panama
  17. Mabea klugii - from Nicaragua to Peru
  18. Mabea linearifolia - V Amazonas
  19. Mabea longibracteata - V Amazonas, B Amazonas
  20. Mabea macbridei - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  21. Mabea macrocalyx - Venezuela
  22. Mabea montana - Central America, NW South America, Trinidad
  23. Mabea nitida NW South America, Belize
  24. Mabea occidentalis - from C Mexico to C Brazil
  25. Mabea ovata - Pará
  26. Mabea paniculata - Pará, Mato Grosso, La Paz, Paraguay
  27. Mabea piriri - from Costa Rica to Brazil
  28. Mabea pohliana - Brazil, Bolivia
  29. Mabea pulcherrima - N + NW South America
  30. Mabea rubicunda - Pakaraima
  31. Mabea salicoides B Amazonas, Fr Guiana
  32. Mabea speciosa - N + NW South America
  33. Mabea standleyi - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Acre
  34. Mabea subserrulata - B Amazonas
  35. Mabea subsessilis - Amazon Basin
  36. Mabea taquari - Trinidad, NE South America
  37. Mabea tenorioi - Oaxaca
  38. Mabea trianae - Colombia, Venezuela
  39. Mabea uleana - B Amazonas

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2(1): 191 (1874)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Mabea Aubl.
  3. ↑ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 867 in Latin
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro