Maesobotrya

Maesobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Antidesmeae
Subtribe: Scepinae
Genus: Maesobotrya
Benth.
Synonyms[1]

Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1879.[2][3][4] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][5]

Species[1]
  1. Maesobotrya barteri - W + C Africa
  2. Maesobotrya bertramiana - C Africa
  3. Maesobotrya cordulata - Congo, Gabon, Zaïre
  4. Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon
  5. Maesobotrya floribunda - C Africa
  6. Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe
  7. Maesobotrya griffoniana - C Africa
  8. Maesobotrya klaineana - C Africa
  9. Maesobotrya longipes - C Africa
  10. Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Eq Guinea
  11. Maesobotrya pauciflora - C Africa
  12. Maesobotrya pierlotii - E Zaïre
  13. Maesobotrya purseglovei - Zaïre, Uganda
  14. Maesobotrya pynaertii - Zaïre
  15. Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
  16. Maesobotrya staudtii - C Africa
  17. Maesobotrya vermeulenii - C Africa
  18. Maesobotrya villosa - Zaïre
formerly included[1]

moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria

  1. Maesobotrya oblonga - Antidesma oblongum
  2. Maesobotrya stapfiana - Protomegabaria stapfiana

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13, plate 1296 line drawing
  3. ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:75-76 description in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Maesobotrya Benth.
  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.