Maesobotrya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
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] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]

Species[1]
  1. Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central (C) Africa
    1. Maesobotrya barteri var. sparsiflora
  2. Maesobotrya bertramiana - C Africa
  3. Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  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, Equatorial Guinea
  11. Maesobotrya pauciflora - C Africa
  12. Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  13. Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
  14. Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  15. Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
  16. Maesobotrya staudtii - C Africa
  17. Maesobotrya vermeulenii - C Africa
  18. Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Formerly included[1]

moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  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.


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