Matayba

Matayba
Matayba clavelligera in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Tribe:	Cupanieae
Genus:	Matayba Aubl. [1] [2]
Synonyms [1]
Ernstingia Scop. Gelonium Gaertn. Lamprospermum Klotzsch LasianthemumKlotzsch MonopterisKlotzsch Ratonia DC.

Matayba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Mexico and the Caribbean to Uruguay. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

As of February 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 49 species: ^[1]

• Matayba adenanthera Radlk.
• Matayba apetala (Griseb.) Radlk.
• Matayba arborescens (Aubl.) Radlk.
• Matayba atropurpurea (Radlk.) Radlk.
• Matayba ayangannensis Acev.-Rodr.
• Matayba boliviana Radlk.
• Matayba camptoneura Radlk.
• Matayba clavelligera Radlk.
• Matayba cristae Reitz
• Matayba discolor Radlk.
• Matayba domingensis (DC.) Radlk.
• Matayba elaeagnoides Radlk.
• Matayba elegans Radlk.
• Matayba floribunda Radlk.
• Matayba glaberrima Radlk.
• Matayba grandis Radlk.
• Matayba guianensis Aubl.
• Matayba heterophylla (Mart.) Radlk.
• Matayba inelegans Radlk.
• Matayba ingifolia Standl.
• Matayba intermedia Radlk.
• Matayba juglandifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Radlk.
• Matayba kavanayena (Steyerm.) Steyerm.
• Matayba kennedyae Croat
• Matayba laevigata Radlk.
• Matayba leucodictya Radlk.
• Matayba livescens (Radlk.) R.L.G.Coelho, V.C.Souza & Ferrucci
• Matayba longipes Radlk.
• Matayba macrocarpa Gereau
• Matayba marginata Radlk.
• Matayba mexicana (Turcz.) Radlk.
• Matayba mollis Radlk.
• Matayba obovata R.L.G.Coelho, V.C.Souza & Ferrucci
• Matayba opaca Radlk.
• Matayba oppositifolia (A.Rich.) Britton
• Matayba pallens Radlk.
• Matayba paucijuga Radlk.
• Matayba peruviana Radlk.
• Matayba ptariana Steyerm.
• Matayba punctata (Cambess.) Radlk.
• Matayba purgans Radlk.
• Matayba robusta Radlk.
• Matayba scrobiculata Radlk.
• Matayba spruceana (Benth.) Radlk.
• Matayba stenodictya Radlk.
• Matayba sylvatica (Casar.) Radlk.
• Matayba talisioides Radlk.
• Matayba verapazensis (Lundell) Lundell
• Matayba yutajensis Steyerm.

References

1. "Matayba Aubl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
2. "Matayba Aubl". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.