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''Mathurina'' is a 
monotypic genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s belonging to the family Passifloraceae
The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera.
They include tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches a ...
. The only species is ''Mathurina penduliflora''.
''M. penduliflora'' is a tree native to the Rodrigues Island
Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. Rodr ...
. It grows 4 - 12 meter talls, young leaves are linear, mature leaves are obovate, and it has white hairless homostylous flowers. Heterophylly
In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spri ...
has been recorded in the genus.
Isolation of tetraphyllin B and volkenin from ''M. penduliflora'' support its classification as a member of Turneroideae.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10327370 Passifloraceae Monotypic Malpighiales genera