Maesobotrya

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]

1. Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central (C) Africa
   1. Maesobotrya barteri var. sparsiflora
2. Maesobotrya bertramiana - C Africa
3. Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
4. Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon
5. Maesobotrya floribunda - C Africa
6. Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe
7. Maesobotrya griffoniana - C Africa
8. Maesobotrya klaineana - C Africa
9. Maesobotrya longipes - C Africa
10. Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
11. Maesobotrya pauciflora - C Africa
12. Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
13. Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
14. Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
15. Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
16. Maesobotrya staudtii - C Africa
17. Maesobotrya vermeulenii - C Africa
18. Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Formerly included[1]

Maesobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Scepeae
Genus:	Maesobotrya Benth.
Synonyms[1]
Staphysora Pierre

moved to: Antidesma Protomegabaria

1. Maesobotrya oblonga - Antidesma oblongum
2. Maesobotrya stapfiana - Protomegabaria stapfiana

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13, plate 1296 line drawing
3. Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:75-76 description in Latin, commentary in English
4. Tropicos, Maesobotrya Benth.
5. 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.