Maprounea

Maprounea
Maprounea guianensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Hippomaneae
Subtribe:	Hippomaninae
Genus:	Maprounea Aubl.
Synonyms [1]
Aegopicron Giseke Aegopricon L.f. Aegopricum L.

Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Species ^[1]

1. Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
2. Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
3. Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
4. Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
5. Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire

Formerly included

moved to Mabea

• Maprounea glauca - Mabea taquari

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
2. Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 895, t. 342 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Maprounea Aubl.
4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
5. Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144