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 grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of ''Maytenus'' was paraphyly, paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to ''Denhamia'' and ''Gymnosporia''.

Species

176 species are accepted.

* ''Maytenus abbottii'' Abraham Erasmus van Wyk, A.E.van Wyk
* ''Maytenus acanthophylla''
* ''Maytenus acuminata'' (L.f.) Loes.
* ''Maytenus agostinii''
* ''Maytenus alaternoides''
* ''Maytenus albata''
* ''Maytenus amazonica''
* ''Maytenus angolensis''
* ''Maytenus apiculata''
* ''Maytenus apurimacensis''
* ''Maytenus aquifolium'' (Mart.)
* ''Maytenus ardisiifolia''
* ''Maytenus basidentata''
* ''Maytenus belizensis''
* ''Maytenus boaria'' Juan Ignacio Molina, Molina (type species)
* ''Maytenus boarioides''
* ''Maytenus brasiliensis''
* ''Maytenus buxifolia'' (A.Rich.) Griseb. (West Indies)
* ''Maytenus cajalbanica''
* ''Maytenus cassineformis''
* ''Maytenus cassinoides''
* ''Maytenus catingarum''
* ''Maytenus cestrifolia''
* ''Maytenus chapadensis''
* ''Maytenus chasei''
* ''Maytenus calzadae ''
* ''Maytenus chiapensis''
* ''Maytenus chubutensis''
* ''Maytenus clarendonensis'' Nathaniel Lord Britton, Britton
* ''Maytenus cochlearifolia''
* ''Maytenus communis''
* ''Maytenus comocladiiformis''
* ''Maytenus conferta''
* ''Maytenus cordata''
* ''Maytenus corei''
* ''Maytenus coriacea''
* ''Maytenus crassipes'' Ignatz Urban, Urb.
* ''Maytenus curranii''
* ''Maytenus cuzcoina''
* ''Maytenus cymosa'' Krug & Urb. – Caribbean mayten
* ''Maytenus dasyclados''
* ''Maytenus disticha''
* ''Maytenus distichophylla''
* ''Maytenus domingensis''
* ''Maytenus duqueana''
* ''Maytenus durifolia''
* ''Maytenus ebenifolia''
* ''Maytenus eggersii'' Loes.
* ''Maytenus elaeodendroides''
* ''Maytenus elongata'' (Urb.) Britton – Puerto Rico mayten
* ''Maytenus erythroxylon''
* ''Maytenus evonymoides''
* ''Maytenus ficiformis''
* ''Maytenus flagellata''
* ''Maytenus floribunda''
* ''Maytenus fugax''
* ''Maytenus glaucescens''
* ''Maytenus gonoclados'' Mart.
* ''Maytenus gracilis''
* ''Maytenus grenadensis''
* ''Maytenus grisea''
* ''Maytenus guatemalensis''
* ''Maytenus guyanensis''
* ''Maytenus haitiensis''
* ''Maytenus harrisii'' Krug & Urb.
* ''Maytenus horrida''
* ''Maytenus hotteana''
* ''Maytenus huberi''
* ''Maytenus ilicifolia'' Mart. ex Reissek
* ''Maytenus imbricata''
* ''Maytenus inflata''
* ''Maytenus insculpta''
* ''Maytenus jamaicensis''
* ''Maytenus jamesonii'' Briq.
* ''Maytenus jefeana'' Cyrus Longworth Lundell, Lundell
* ''Maytenus jelskii''
* ''Maytenus kanukuensis''
* ''Maytenus karstenii''
* ''Maytenus laevigata'' (Vahl) Griseb. ex Eggers – White cinnamon
* ''Maytenus laevis'' Reissek
* ''Maytenus laurina''
* ''Maytenus laxiflora''
* ''Maytenus lineata''
* ''Maytenus listeri''
* ''Maytenus littoralis''
* ''Maytenus loeseneri''
* ''Maytenus longifolia''
* ''Maytenus longistipitata''
* ''Maytenus lucayana''
* ''Maytenus lucida''
* ''Maytenus macrocarpa'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq.
* ''Maytenus magellanica'' (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lam.) Hook.f.
* ''Maytenus manabiensis'' Loes.
* ''Maytenus matudae'' Lundell
* ''Maytenus mayana''
* ''Maytenus megalocarpa''
* ''Maytenus meguillensis''
* ''Maytenus meridensis''
* ''Maytenus microcarpa'' Fawc. & Alfred Barton Rendle, Rendle
* ''Maytenus microphylla''
* ''Maytenus monodii''
* ''Maytenus monticola''
* ''Maytenus mornicola''
* ''Maytenus mucugensis''
* ''Maytenus myrsinoides''
* ''Maytenus neblinae''
* ''Maytenus nitida''
* ''Maytenus oblongata''
* ''Maytenus obtusifolia''
* ''Maytenus ocoensis''
* ''Maytenus oleoides'' Loes.
* ''Maytenus oleosa'' A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer
* ''Maytenus opaca''
* ''Maytenus orbicularis''
* ''Maytenus parvifolia''
* ''Maytenus patens''
* ''Maytenus pavonii''
* ''Maytenus peduncularis''
* ''Maytenus peruana''
* ''Maytenus phyllanthoides'' Benth. – Florida mayten, guttapercha mayten
* ''Maytenus pittieriana''
* ''Maytenus planifolia''
* ''Maytenus ponceana'' Nathaniel Lord Britton, Britton
* ''Maytenus procumbens'' (L.f.) Loes.
* ''Maytenus pruinosa''
* ''Maytenus prunifolia''
* ''Maytenus psammophila''
* ''Maytenus pseudoboaria''
* ''Maytenus purpusii''
* ''Maytenus pustulata''
* ''Maytenus quadrangulata'' (Schrad.) Loes.
* ''Maytenus radlkoferiana''
* ''Maytenus recondita''
* ''Maytenus reflexa''
* ''Maytenus repanda''
* ''Maytenus retusa''
* ''Maytenus revoluta''
* ''Maytenus reynosioides'' Urb.
* ''Maytenus rigida''
* ''Maytenus robustoides''
* ''Maytenus rupestris''
* ''Maytenus salicifolia''
* ''Maytenus samydiformis''
* ''Maytenus saxicola''
* ''Maytenus schippii''
* ''Maytenus schumanniana''
* ''Maytenus segoviarum''
* ''Maytenus serpentini''
* ''Maytenus sieberiana''
* ''Maytenus spinosa''
* ''Maytenus splendens''
* ''Maytenus sprucei''
* ''Maytenus stipitata'' Lundell
* ''Maytenus subalata''
* ''Maytenus suboppositifolia''
* ''Maytenus tetragona''
* ''Maytenus theoides''
* ''Maytenus tikalensis''
* ''Maytenus trianae''
* ''Maytenus truncata''
* ''Maytenus tunarina''
* ''Maytenus umbellata''
* ''Maytenus undata'' (Thunb.) Blakelock
* ''Maytenus urbaniana''
* ''Maytenus urbanii''
* ''Maytenus urquiolae''
* ''Maytenus versluysii''
* ''Maytenus verticillata''
* ''Maytenus vexata''
* ''Maytenus virens''
* ''Maytenus viscifolia''
* ''Maytenus vitis-idaea'' – Indian's salt
* ''Maytenus wendtii''
* ''Maytenus williamsii'' A.Molina
* ''Maytenus woodsonii''

Undescribed species:
* Maytenus sp. nov. A, ''Maytenus'' sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)

Formerly placed here

* ''Denhamia bilocularis'' (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'' (Jessup) M.P.Simmons (as ''M. fasciculiflora'' )
* ''Denhamia muelleri'' (Benth.) Jessup (as ''M. ferdinandi'' )
* ''Denhamia silvestris'' (Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P. Simmons (as ''M. silvestris'' ) – Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bush
* ''Gymnosporia addat'' Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener, Loes. (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 Demissew, 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 ''Maytenus senegalensis, M. senegalensis'' (Lam.) Exell)
* ''Gymnosporia stylosa'' (as ''M. stylosa'' or ''M. curtisii'' (George King (botanist), King) Ding Hou)
* ''Gymnosporia thomsonii'' Kurz (as ''M. thomsonii'' (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu)

Cultivation and uses

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

References

External links

Flora of Pakistan

Maytenus,
Celastrales genera
Ayahuasca
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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