Maytenus

Maytenus
Maytenus
Maytenus boaria, a tree of temperate climates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Subfamily: Celastroideae
Genus: Maytenus
Molina
Species

See text

Synonyms

Boaria A.DC.[1]

Maytenus (pronounced /ˈmeɪtɛnəs/)[2] 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

Formerly placed here

  • 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)[4]

Cultivation and uses

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. Maytenus ebenifola is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Maytenus Molina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-08. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7351. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Maytenus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=MAYTENUS. Retrieved 2009-02-02. 
  4. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Maytenus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7351. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  5. ^ "Maytenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=27963. Retrieved 31 August 2010.