Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1879[2][3][4] and is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
| Tribe: | Scepeae |
| Genus: | Maesobotrya Benth. |
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Species
editThe 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[1]
- Maesobotrya oblonga - moved to Antidesma oblongum
- Maesobotrya stapfiana - moved to Protomegabaria stapfiana
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 20443245.
- ^ "Maesobotrya Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.