Biology:Maesobotrya

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Maesobotrya
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
Genus: Maesobotrya
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Staphysora Pierre

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]


Formerly included[1]

moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria


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.
  6. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin 61 (1): 37–53. 

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