Maesobotrya
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
| Tribe: | Scepeae |
| Genus: | Maesobotrya Benth. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1879.[2][3][4] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][5]
- Species[1]
- Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central (C) Africa
- Maesobotrya bertramiana - C Africa
- Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon
- Maesobotrya floribunda - C Africa
- Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe
- Maesobotrya griffoniana - C Africa
- Maesobotrya klaineana - C Africa
- Maesobotrya longipes - C Africa
- Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- Maesobotrya pauciflora - C Africa
- Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
- Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
- Maesobotrya staudtii - C Africa
- Maesobotrya vermeulenii - C Africa
- Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Formerly included[1]
moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria
- Maesobotrya oblonga - Antidesma oblongum
- Maesobotrya stapfiana - Protomegabaria stapfiana
References
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13, plate 1296 line drawing
- ^ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:75-76 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Maesobotrya Benth.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.