Maranthes

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Maranthes
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Maranthes polyandra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Maranthes
Blume [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • ExiteliaBlume
  • GrymaniaC.Presl

Maranthes is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825. [3] [4] [5]

Maranthes is native to tropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and various oceanic islands. [2]

Species [2]

  1. Maranthes aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Prance ex F.White - W Africa
  2. Maranthes chrysophylla (Oliv.) Prance ex F.White - W + C Africa
  3. Maranthes corymbosa Blume - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Papuasia, Philippines, Palau
  4. Maranthes floribunda (Baker) F.White - C Africa
  5. Maranthes gabunensis (Engl.) Prance - C Africa
  6. Maranthes glabra (Oliv.) Prance - W + C Africa
  7. Maranthes goetzeniana (Engl.) Prance - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  8. Maranthes kerstingii (Engl.) Prance ex F.White - W + C Africa
  9. Maranthes panamensis (Standl.) Prance & F.White - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
  10. Maranthes polyandra (Benth.) Prance - from Ivory Coast to South Sudan
  11. Maranthes robusta (Oliv.) Prance ex F.White - W Africa
  12. Maranthes sanagensis F.White - Cameroon

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References

  1. "Genus: Maranthes Blume". Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. 7 September 1994. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 89 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Maranthes Blume
  5. Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 320: 1–184.