Maytenus

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Kingdom Plantae Family Celastraceae Scientific name Maytenus Rank Genus		Order Celastrales Subfamily Celastroideae Higher classification Celastroideae

Lower classifications Espinheira Santa, Maytenus boaria, Maytenus laevis, Maytenus canariensis, Maytenus cymosa

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Maytenus /ˈmeɪtɛnəs/ is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine 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 wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar.

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Selected species

Maytenus abbottii A.E.van Wyk

Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.

Maytenus addat (Loes.) Sebsebe

Maytenus aquifolia Mart.

Maytenus austroyunnanensis S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li

Maytenus bilocularis (F.Muell.) Loes. – Orangebark

Maytenus boaria Molina

Maytenus canariensis (Loes.) G. Kunkel & Sunding

Maytenus clarendonensis Britton

Maytenus crassipes Urb.

Maytenus cunninghamii (Hook.) Loes. – Koonkara

Maytenus curtissii (King) Ding Hou

Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urban – Caribbean Mayten

Maytenus dhofarensis Sebsebe

Maytenus disperma (F.Muell.) Loes.

Maytenus eggersii Loes.

Maytenus elongata (Urban) Britt. – Puerto Rico Mayten

Maytenus fasciculiflora Jessup

Maytenus ferdinandi Jessup

Maytenus harenensis Sebsebe

Maytenus harrisii Krug & Urb.

Maytenus hookeri Loes.

Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek

Maytenus jamesonii Briq.

Maytenus jefeana Lundell

Maytenus krukovii A.C.Sm.

Maytenus laevigata (Vahl) Griseb. ex Eggers – White Cinnamon

Maytenus laevis Reissek

Maytenus lucidus

Maytenus macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq.

Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.

Maytenus manabiensis Loes.

Maytenus matudai Lundell

Maytenus microcarpa Fawc. & Rendle

Maytenus octogona

Maytenus obtusifolia

Maytenus oleoides Loes.

Maytenus oleosa A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer

Maytenus ponceana Britt.

Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth. – Florida Mayten, Guttapercha Mayten

Maytenus procumbens (L.f.) Loes.

Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes.

Maytenus reynosioides Urb.

Maytenus silvestris Lander & L.A.S.Johnson – Narrow-leaved Orangebark, Orange Bark, Orange Bush

Maytenus sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)

Maytenus stipitata Lundell

Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock

Maytenus vitis-idaea – Indian's Salt

Maytenus williamsii A.Molina

Formerly placed here

Maytenus Maytenus boaria Trees Plant Type Boething Treeland Farms

Gymnosporia diversifolia Maxim. (as M. diversifolia (Maxim.) Ding Hou)

Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. (as M. heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N. Robson)

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 thomsonii Kurz (as M. thomsonii (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu)

Cultivation and uses

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M. boaria and M. 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 M. krukovii has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of ayahuasca.

References

Maytenus Wikipedia

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