''Maytenus'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and

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, and

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, the

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and

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. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of ''Maytenus'' was

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, so many species have been transferred to ''

Denhamia ''Denhamia'' is a genus of plants within the family Celastraceae, with species in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. The species inhabit a variety of environments, from rainforest to semi-arid savanna. All species grow as shrubs or small t ...

'' and ''

Gymnosporia ''Gymnosporia'' is an Old World genus of plants, that comprise suffrutices, shrubs and trees. It was formerly considered congeneric with '' Maytenus'', but more recent investigations separated it based on the presence of achyblasts (truncated b ...

''.

Species

176 species are accepted. * '' Maytenus abbottii'' A.E.van Wyk * ''

Maytenus acanthophylla ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus acuminata'' (L.f.) Loes. * ''

Maytenus agostinii ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * ''

Maytenus alaternoides ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus albata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus amazonica ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus angolensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus apiculata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus apurimacensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus aquifolium ''Maytenus aquifolium'', the espinheira-santa, is an endemic tree (sometimes shrub) species endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome in southeastern Brazil. Distribution It is native to the regions of Sudeste − in Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro an ...

'' (Mart.) * ''

Maytenus ardisiifolia ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus basidentata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus belizensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * ''

Maytenus boaria ''Maytenus boaria'' (mayten) is an evergreen tree of the family Celastraceae, native from South America, up to , diameter, straight trunk. It occurs naturally approximately from 30 to 50°S: Chile. Description Its leaves are small, alternate, ...

'' Molina (

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) * ''

Maytenus boarioides ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus brasiliensis'' * '' Maytenus buxifolia'' (A.Rich.) Griseb. (

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) * '' Maytenus cajalbanica'' * '' Maytenus cassineformis'' * '' Maytenus cassinoides'' * ''

Maytenus catingarum ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus cestrifolia'' * ''

Maytenus chapadensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * ''

Maytenus chasei ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus calzadae '' * '' Maytenus chiapensis'' * '' Maytenus chubutensis'' * '' Maytenus clarendonensis'' Britton * ''

Maytenus cochlearifolia ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * ''

Maytenus communis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wi ...

'' * '' Maytenus comocladiiformis'' * '' Maytenus conferta'' * ''

Maytenus cordata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central America, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They gr ...

'' * ''

Maytenus corei ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus coriacea'' * '' Maytenus crassipes''

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* '' Maytenus curranii'' * '' Maytenus cuzcoina'' * '' Maytenus cymosa'' Krug & Urb. – Caribbean mayten * '' Maytenus dasyclados'' * '' Maytenus disticha'' * ''

Maytenus distichophylla ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central America, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They gr ...

'' * '' Maytenus domingensis'' * ''

Maytenus duqueana ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus durifolia'' * '' Maytenus ebenifolia'' * '' Maytenus eggersii'' Loes. * '' Maytenus elaeodendroides'' * '' Maytenus elongata'' (Urb.) Britton – Puerto Rico mayten * '' Maytenus erythroxylon'' * ''

Maytenus evonymoides ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus ficiformis'' * '' Maytenus flagellata'' * '' Maytenus floribunda'' * '' Maytenus fugax'' * '' Maytenus glaucescens'' * '' Maytenus gonoclados'' Mart. * ''

Maytenus gracilis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus grenadensis'' * '' Maytenus grisea'' * '' Maytenus guatemalensis'' * '' Maytenus guyanensis'' * '' Maytenus haitiensis'' * '' Maytenus harrisii'' Krug & Urb. * '' Maytenus horrida'' * '' Maytenus hotteana'' * '' Maytenus huberi'' * '' Maytenus ilicifolia''

Mart. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botany, botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His m ...

Reissek Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology. From 1837 to 1841 he was ...

* '' Maytenus imbricata'' * ''

Maytenus inflata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus insculpta ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus jamaicensis'' * '' Maytenus jamesonii''

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* '' Maytenus jefeana'' Lundell * '' Maytenus jelskii'' * ''

Maytenus kanukuensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus karstenii'' * '' Maytenus laevigata'' (Vahl) Griseb. ex Eggers – White cinnamon * '' Maytenus laevis'' Reissek * '' Maytenus laurina'' * '' Maytenus laxiflora'' * ''

Maytenus lineata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus listeri'' * '' Maytenus littoralis'' * '' Maytenus loeseneri'' * '' Maytenus longifolia'' * '' Maytenus longistipitata'' * ''

Maytenus lucayana ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus lucida'' * '' Maytenus macrocarpa'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq. * '' Maytenus magellanica'' ( Lam.)

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* '' Maytenus manabiensis'' Loes. * '' Maytenus matudae'' Lundell * '' Maytenus mayana'' * '' Maytenus megalocarpa'' * '' Maytenus meguillensis'' * '' Maytenus meridensis'' * '' Maytenus microcarpa'' Fawc. & Rendle * ''

Maytenus microphylla ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus monodii ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus monticola'' * '' Maytenus mornicola'' * '' Maytenus mucugensis'' * '' Maytenus myrsinoides'' * '' Maytenus neblinae'' * '' Maytenus nitida'' * '' Maytenus oblongata'' * '' Maytenus obtusifolia'' * ''

Maytenus ocoensis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus oleoides'' Loes. * '' Maytenus oleosa'' A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer * ''

Maytenus opaca ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central America, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They gr ...

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Maytenus orbicularis ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus parvifolia'' * ''

Maytenus patens ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus pavonii'' * '' Maytenus peduncularis'' * ''

Maytenus peruana ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus phyllanthoides'' Benth. – Florida mayten, guttapercha mayten * '' Maytenus pittieriana'' * '' Maytenus planifolia'' * ''

Maytenus ponceana ''Maytenus ponceana'', the Ponce mayten, is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbea ...

'' Britton * '' Maytenus procumbens'' (L.f.) Loes. * '' Maytenus pruinosa'' * ''

Maytenus prunifolia ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus psammophila'' * ''

Maytenus pseudoboaria ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus purpusii ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central America, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They gr ...

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Maytenus pustulata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus quadrangulata'' (Schrad.) Loes. * '' Maytenus radlkoferiana'' * ''

Maytenus recondita ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus reflexa ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus repanda ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus retusa ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus revoluta'' * '' Maytenus reynosioides'' Urb. * ''

Maytenus rigida ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus robustoides ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus rupestris ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus salicifolia'' * '' Maytenus samydiformis'' * '' Maytenus saxicola'' * '' Maytenus schippii'' * '' Maytenus schumanniana'' * '' Maytenus segoviarum'' * ''

Maytenus serpentini ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus sieberiana'' * ''

Maytenus spinosa ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus splendens ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus sprucei'' * '' Maytenus stipitata'' Lundell * ''

Maytenus subalata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus suboppositifolia'' * '' Maytenus tetragona'' * ''

Maytenus theoides ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central America, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They gr ...

'' * '' Maytenus tikalensis'' * '' Maytenus trianae'' * ''

Maytenus truncata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus tunarina ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus umbellata ''Maytenus umbellata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. Common names include Buxo-da-rocha and Madeira shrubby bittersweet."Maytenus umbellata (R. Br.) Mabb." José do Canto Botanical Garden. Accessed 9 April 2021/ref> ...

'' * '' Maytenus undata'' (Thunb.) Blakelock * '' Maytenus urbaniana'' * '' Maytenus urbanii'' * '' Maytenus urquiolae'' * '' Maytenus versluysii'' * ''

Maytenus verticillata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Maytenus vexata ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

'' * '' Maytenus virens'' * '' Maytenus viscifolia'' * '' Maytenus vitis-idaea'' – Indian's salt * '' Maytenus wendtii'' * '' Maytenus williamsii'' A.Molina * ''

Maytenus woodsonii ''Maytenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wid ...

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Denhamia bilocularis ''Denhamia bilocularis'', commonly known as orangebark, is a tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It grows to 10 metres high and has leaves with toothed edges that are 3 to 9 cm long and 1.3 to 3 cm wide and elliptic, ovate or o ...

'' (F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons – Orangebark (as ''M. bilocularis'' ) * '' Denhamia cunninghamii'' (Hook.) M.P.Simmons – Koonkara (as ''M. cunninghamii'' ) * '' Denhamia disperma'' (F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons (as ''M. disperma'' ) * ''

Denhamia fasciculiflora ''Denhamia fasciculiflora'', commonly known as orange bark, is a plant in the family Celastraceae found only in Queensland, Australia. Description It is a shrub or small tree up to tall. The leaves are broadly elliptic and often arranged in ...

'' (Jessup) M.P.Simmons (as ''M. fasciculiflora'' ) * ''

Denhamia muelleri ''Denhamia'' is a genus of plants within the family Celastraceae, with species in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. The species inhabit a variety of environments, from rainforest to semi-arid savanna. All species grow as shrubs or small t ...

'' (Benth.) Jessup (as ''M. ferdinandi'' ) * ''

Denhamia silvestris ''Denhamia silvestris'' is a shrub or small tree growing from Picton, New South Wales (34° S) to Kroombit Tops, near Gladstone, Queensland (23° S). It occurs in dry rainforest, eucalyptus and rainforest ecotone areas. Common names include na ...

'' (Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P. Simmons (as ''M. silvestris'' ) – Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bush * '' Gymnosporia addat''

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(as ''M. addat'' ) * '' Gymnosporia austroyunnanensis'' (S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li) M.P. Simmons (as ''M. austroyunnanensis'' ) * '' Gymnosporia cassinoides'' (as ''M. canariensis'' or ''M. dryandri'' var. ''canariensis'' ) * '' Gymnosporia dhofarensis'' ( Sebsebe) Jordaan (as ''M. dhofarensis'' ) * '' Gymnosporia diversifolia'' Maxim. (as ''M. diversifolia'' (Maxim.) Ding Hou) * '' Gymnosporia harenensis'' (Sebsebe) Jordaan (as ''M. harenensis'' ) * '' Gymnosporia heterophylla'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. (as ''M. heterophylla'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N. Robson) * '' Gymnosporia nemorosa'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Szyszyl. (as ''M. nemorosa'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Marais) * '' Gymnosporia rothiana'' (Walp.) Wight & Arn. ex M.A.Lawson (as ''M. rothiana'' (Walp.) Lobr.-Callen) * '' Gymnosporia royleana'' Wall. ex M.A.Lawson (as ''M. royleana'' (Wall. ex M. A. Lawson) Cufod.) * '' Gymnosporia senegalensis'' (Lam.) Loes. (as '' M. senegalensis'' (Lam.) Exell) * '' Gymnosporia stylosa'' (as ''M. stylosa'' or ''M. curtisii'' (

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) Ding Hou) * '' Gymnosporia thomsonii'' Kurz (as ''M. thomsonii'' (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu)

Cultivation and uses

'' and '' Maytenus magellanica'' are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly

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genus. The bark of '' Maytenus krukovii'' has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of

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References

External links

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