''Mapania'' is a genus of

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. It contains 100 species, distributed in tropical regions of

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, and various oceanic islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species

The following species are currently accepted: * ''Mapania africana'' Boeckeler * ''Mapania amplivaginata'' K.Schum. * ''Mapania angustifolia'' Uittien * ''Mapania archboldii'' Uittien * ''Mapania arunachalensis'' G.D.Pal * ''Mapania assimilis'' T.Koyama * ''Mapania aturensis'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania baccifera'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania balansae'' (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama * ''Mapania baldwinii'' Nelmes * ''Mapania ballehensis'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania bancana'' (Miq.) Ridl. * ''Mapania bauensis'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania borneensis'' Merr. * ''Mapania bougainvillensis''D.A.Simpson * '' Mapania caudata'' Kük. * ''Mapania coodei'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania coriandrum'' Nelmes * ''Mapania cuatrecasasii'' T.Koyama * ''Mapania cuspidata'' (Miq.) Uittien * ''Mapania debilis'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania effusa'' (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama * ''Mapania enodis'' (Miq.) C.B.Clarke * '' Mapania ferruginea'' Ridl. * ''Mapania floribunda'' (Nees ex Steud.) T.Koyama * ''Mapania foxworthyi'' Merr. * ''Mapania graminea'' Uittien * ''Mapania hidiriana'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania hispida'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania holttumii'' J.Kern * ''Mapania imeriensis'' (Gross) T.Koyama * ''Mapania immersa'' (Thwaites) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania insignis'' Sandwith * ''Mapania ivorensis'' (J.Raynal) J.Raynal * ''Mapania jongkindii'' Mesterházy * ''Mapania kadimiana'' Shabdin, Meekiong & Miraadila * ''Mapania kipas'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania kurzii'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania latifolia'' Uittien * ''Mapania lentaliffii'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania liberiensis'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania linderi'' Hutch. ex Nelmes * ''Mapania longiflora'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania lorea'' Uittien * ''Mapania macrantha'' (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. * ''Mapania macrocephala'' (Gaudich.) K.Schum. * ''Mapania macrophylla'' (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. * ''Mapania maguireana'' T.Koyama & Steyerm. * ''Mapania mangenotiana''Lorougnon * ''Mapania mannii'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania maschalina'' J.Kern * ''Mapania meditensis'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania meekiongii'' Miraadila & Shabdin * ''Mapania micrococca'' (T.Koyama) D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania micropandanus'' Holttum * ''Mapania minor'' (Nelmes) J.Raynal * ''Mapania mirae'' Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania monostachya'' Uittien * ''Mapania moseleyi'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania multiflora'' Shabdin * ''Mapania neblina'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania nudispica'' T.Koyama * ''Mapania obscuriflora'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania pacifica'' (Hosok.) T.Koyama * ''Mapania pallescens'' Lye * ''Mapania palustris'' (Hassk. ex Steud.) Fern.-Vill. * ''Mapania paradoxa'' J.Raynal * ''Mapania pedunculata''D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania pubisquama'' Cherm. * ''Mapania purpuriceps'' (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal * ''Mapania pycnocephala'' (Benth.) Benth. * ''Mapania pycnostachya'' (Benth.) T.Koyama * ''Mapania raynaliana'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania rhynchocarpa'' Lorougnon & Raynal * ''Mapania richardsii'' Uittien * ''Mapania rionegrensis''D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania rumputensis'' Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania sapuaniana'' Shabdin * ''Mapania sembilingensis'' Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong * ''Mapania sessilis'' Merr. * ''Mapania seychellaria'' D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania silhetensis'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania soyauxii'' (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. * ''Mapania spadicea'' Uittien * ''Mapania squamata'' (Kurz) C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania steyermarkii'' T.Koyama * ''Mapania sumatrana'' (Miq.) Benth. * ''Mapania surinamensis'' Uittien * ''Mapania sylvatica'' Aubl. * ''Mapania tamdaoensis'' N.K.Khoi * ''Mapania tenuiscapa'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania tepuiana'' (Steyerm.) T.Koyama * ''Mapania testui'' Cherm. * ''Mapania theobromina''D.A.Simpson * ''Mapania tonkinensis'' (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama * ''Mapania unimasiana'' Shabdin, Meekiong & Miraadila * ''Mapania vitiensis'' (Uittien) T.Koyama * ''Mapania wallichii'' C.B.Clarke * ''Mapania zeylanica'' (Thwaites) Trimen * ''Mapania zinnirahae'' Miraadila & Meekiong

References

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