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Maytenus
Maytenus boaria, a tree of temperate climates
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Maytenus
Molina (1782)
Type species
Maytenus boaria
Molina (1782)
Species[1]

176; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Boaria A.DC. (1844)
  • Euthalis Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. (1845)
  • Haenkea Ruiz & Pav. (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Monteverdia A.Rich. (1846)
  • Moya Griseb. (1874)
  • Scytophyllum Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835), nom. rej.
  • Senacia Lam. (1793)
  • Tricerma Liebm. (1853)

Maytenus /ˈmeɪtɛnəs/[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of Maytenus was paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia and Gymnosporia.[3][4]

Species

176 species are accepted.[1]

Undescribed species:

Formerly placed here

Cultivation and uses

Maytenus boaria and Maytenus magellanica are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly tropical genus. The bark of Maytenus krukovii has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of ayahuasca.

References

  1. ^ a b c Maytenus Molina. Plants of the World Online Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  3. ^ a b c d e f g McKenna, Miles J.; Simmons, Mark P.; Bacon, Christine D.; Lombardi, Julio A. (October 1, 2011). "Delimitation of the Segregate Genera of Maytenus s.l. (Celastraceae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Characters". Systematic Botany. 36 (4): 922–932. doi:10.1600/036364411X604930.
  4. ^ a b c Biral, Leonardo; Simmons, Mark P.; Smidt, Eric C.; Tembrock, Luke R.; Bolson, Mônica; Archer, Robert H.; Lombardi, Julio A. (December 18, 2017). "Systematics of New World Maytenus (Celastraceae) and a New Delimitation of the Genus". Systematic Botany. 42 (4): 680–693. doi:10.1600/036364417X696456. ISSN 0363-6445. S2CID 53121214.
  5. ^ "Maytenus calzadae (Lundell) J.S.Ma | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  6. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Maytenus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  7. ^ "Maytenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Maytenus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
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