Maesobotrya
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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: | |
| Genus: | Maesobotrya Benth. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- - West and Central (C) Africa
- - C Africa
- - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- - Cameroon
- - C Africa
- - São Tomé, Príncipe
- - C Africa
- - C Africa
- - C Africa
- - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- - C Africa
- - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
- - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- - Cameroon
- - C Africa
- - C Africa
- - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Formerly included[1]
moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria
- Maesobotrya oblonga -
- Maesobotrya stapfiana - Protomegabaria stapfiana
References[]
- ^ a b c d 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.
Categories:
- Flora of Africa
- Phyllanthaceae
- Phyllanthaceae genera
- Dioecious plants
- Phyllanthaceae stubs