Mapania

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Mapania
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Mapania sylvatica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Mapania
Aublet
Synonyms [1]
  • AparteaPellegr.
  • CephaloscirpusKurz
  • LangeviniaJacq.-Fél
  • LepistachyaZipp. ex Miq.
  • MapaniopsisC.B.Clarke
  • PandanophyllumHassk.
  • ThoracostachyumKurz

Mapania is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae. It contains 100 species, distributed in tropical regions of Africa, India, southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Central America, northern South America, and various oceanic islands. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species

105 species are currently accepted: [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 169, 擂鼓苈属 lei gu li shu, Mapania Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane. 1: 47. 1775.
  3. Malcolm James Coe (1998). A fragile Eden: portraits of the endemic flowering plants of the granitic Seychelles. Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691048178.
  4. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Gómez-Laurito, J. 1994. 26. Mapania Aublet. 6: 475. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  6. "Mapania Aubl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 19 December 2025.