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342.0000 Family Euphorbiaceae A.Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 384 (1789), nom. cons. (s. str.)
210 genera, ca. 6700 spp.
Species listed in database: 6532; hybrids: 56
= Acalyphaceae A.Juss. ex Menge; Cat. Pl. Grudent. Gedan. 172 (1839)
= Bertyaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 190 (1858)
= Cheilosaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xxxi (2001)
= Crotonaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 258 (1858)
= Hippomanaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 244 (1858)
= Mercurialaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 237 (1820)
= Ricinaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 547 (1820)
= Ricinocarpaceae Hurus.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 224 (1954)
= Tithymalaceae Vent.; Tabl. Règn. Vég. 3: 483 (1799)
= Tragiaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 111 (1838)
= Trewiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 174 (1836)
342.5321 Genus Mabea Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 867, t. 334 (1775)
Distribution: C- and tropical S-America, Trinidad
Species listed in database: 39
species :
Mabea anadena Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XIV, Heft 68 (Euphorb. Addit. VI): 6: 55 (1919)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando); N-Brazil (Acre, Rondônia)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
species :
Mabea angularis Hollander; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89(2): 147 (1986)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Guyana; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM GUY 83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Mabea angustifolia Spruce ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 365 (1854)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea angustifolia var. longifolia Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 258 (1895)
= Mabea angustifolia var. major Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 520 (1874)
= Mabea angustifolia var. myrtifolia Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 519 (1874)
= Mabea angustifolia var. oblonga Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 365 (1854)
= Mabea fistulifera Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 365 (1854), nomen
= Mabea juinensis Emmerich; Bradea 5(26): 285 (1989)
= Mabea longifolia (Britton) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 30 (1912)
= Mabea riedelii Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 518 (1874)
species :
Mabea anomala Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 526 (1873)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Bolivia (La Paz); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
species :
Mabea arenicola Esser; Novon 3(4): 341 (1993)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Amazonas); Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
species :
Mabea biglandulosa Baill.; Étude Euphorb. 413 (1866)
Distribution: Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea montana subsp. biglandulosa (Baill. ex Müll.Arg.) Hollander; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89: 149 (1986)
= Mabea occidentalis var. laevigata (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 522 (1874)
= Mabea piriri var. laevigata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1150 (1866)
= Mabea volubilis Klotzsch; Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 1098 (1848), nomen
species :
Mabea chocoensis Croizat; Caldasia 2: 361 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Mabea dalyana Bigio, Esser & Secco; Acta Bot. Brasil. 36(e2021abb0039): 2, figs. 1-4 (2022)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Mabea elata Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 418 (1938)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea rhynchophylla Diels; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 335 (1939)
species :
Mabea elegans Rusby; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 288 (1927)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea prancei Emmerich; Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, Bot. 62: 4 (1981)
species :
Mabea excelsa Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 123 (1944)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC
species :
Mabea fistulifera Mart.; Reise Bras. [Spix & Martius] 1: 479 (1823)
subspecies :
subsp. fistulifera
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea ferruginea Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 366 (1854)
subspecies :
subsp. bahiensis (Emmerich) Esser; Novon 3(4): 349 (1993)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea bahiensis Emmerich; Bradea 5(26): 289 (1989)
subspecies :
subsp. robusta Emmerich; Bradea 4(47): 370 (1987)
Distribution: Bolivia; N-Brazil (Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); Paraguay (Amambay)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 PAR
species :
Mabea frutescens Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 175 (1967)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía); Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea orbiculata Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 176 (1967)
species :
Mabea gaudichaudiana Baill.; Adansonia 4: 372 (1863 publ. 1864)
Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Mabea glaziovii Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 37 (1912)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Mabea jefensis Huft; Phytologia 62(4): 341 (1987)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Mabea klugii Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 416 (1938)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Meta, Putumayo, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
species :
Mabea linearifolia Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 176 (1967)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Mabea longibracteata Esser; Novon 3(4): 343 (1993)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Mabea macbridei I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 75: 27 (1925)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Meta, Quindío, Santander); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
species :
Mabea macrocalyx Esser; Novon 3(4): 345 (1993)
Distribution: Colombia (Arauca); Venezuela (Apure, Barinas, Lara, Mérida, Táchira)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Mabea montana Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1151 (1866)
Distribution: Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Arauca, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana
80 COS HON NIC PAN 82 CLM GUY VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea atroviridis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XIV, Heft 68 (Euphorb. Addit. VI): 6: 55 (1919)
= Mabea ciliata Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 610 (1927)
= Mabea costata Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.VII, Heft 63 (Euph.-Mercurialinae): 419 (1914)
= Mabea floribunda Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 174 (1967)
= Mabea longipedicellata Pittier; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 353 (1929)
= Mabea lucida Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 36 (1912)
= Mabea montana subsp. lucida (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Hollander; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89(2): 150 (1986)
= Mabea parguazae Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 168 (1967)
= Mabea verrucosa Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 37 (1912)
species :
Mabea nitida Spruce ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 367 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Arauca, Caquetá, Casanare, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Guárico, Monagas); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Pando); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea depauperata Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XIV, Heft 68 (Euphorb. Addit. VI): 6: 56 (1919)
= Mabea muricata Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 169 (1967)
= Mabea nitida var. albiflora Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1152 (1866)
= Mabea nitida var. purpurascens Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1152 (1866)
= Mabea pallida Baill.; Adansonia 4: 371 (1863 publ. 1864)
species :
Mabea occidentalis Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 364 (1854)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Barinas, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Lara, Mérida, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea acutissima Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 24: 49 (1934)
= Mabea belizensis Lundell; Field & Lab. 13: 4 (1945)
= Mabea glauca Klotzsch ex Pax; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 37 (1912)
= Mabea microcarpa Pittier; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 353 (1929)
= Mabea pallida Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1150 (1866)
species :
Mabea ovata Esser; Novon 3(4): 347 (1993)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
species :
Mabea paniculata Spruce ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 367 (1854)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea crenulata S.Moore; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 470 (1895)
= Mabea indorum S.Moore; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 469 (1895)
= Mabea paniculata var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 526 (1874)
= Mabea paniculata var. ovata Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 526 (1874)
= Mabea paraguensis Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 527 (1874)
= Mabea rubrinervis Baill.; Adansonia 4: 371 (1863 publ. 1864)
= Mabea weddelliana Baill.; Adansonia 4: 371 (1863 publ. 1864)
species :
Mabea piriri Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 867, t. 334 (1775)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhão, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
80 PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea brasiliensis Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1151 (1866)
= Mabea brasiliensis var. intermedia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 36 (1912)
= Mabea lactescens (Vell.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 523 (1874)
= Mabea maynensis Spruce; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 7 (1861)
= Mabea occidentalis var. concolor (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 522 (1874)
= Mabea piriri var. concolor Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1150 (1866)
= Mabea piririoides Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 419 (1938)
= Mabea speciosa subsp. concolor (Müll.Arg.) Hollander; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89(2): 154 (1986)
= Mabea surinamensis Klotzsch; Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 1185 (1848), nomen
= Omphalea lactescens Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 11 (1825 publ. 1829)
species :
Mabea pohliana (Benth.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1152 (1866)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea paniculata var. pohliana Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 368 (1854)
species :
Mabea pulcherrima Müll.Arg.; Flora 55: 44 (1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Amazonas); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea eximia Ducke; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 107 (1925), et Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 6: 61 (1933), descr. emend.
species :
Mabea rubicunda Jabl.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 170 (1967)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
species :
Mabea salicoides Esser; Novon 3(4): 349 (1993)
Distribution: French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 FRG 84 BRA
species :
Mabea speciosa Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 520 (1874)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo, Vaupés); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea caudata Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 282 (1912)
= Mabea caudata var. concolor Lanj.; Euphorb. Surinam 39 (1931)
= Mabea occidentalis var. obovata (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 521 (1874)
= Mabea occidentalis var. purpurascens (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 521 (1874)
= Mabea occidentalis var. setulosa Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 11(2): 522 (1874)
= Mabea piriri var. obovata Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1150 (1866)
= Mabea piriri var. purpurascens Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1150 (1866)
= Mabea saramaccensis Croizat; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 405 (1948)
= Mabea setulosa (Müll.Arg.) Hollander; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 89(2): 153 (1986)
species :
Mabea standleyi Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 417 (1938)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Acre)
82 CLM 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
species :
Mabea subserrulata Spruce ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 366 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía); Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 ECU 84 BRA
species :
Mabea subsessilis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 282 (1912)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia (Pando); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea argutissima Croizat; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67: 288 (1940)
= Mabea subsessilis var. peruviana J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13: 188 (1951)
species :
Mabea taquari Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 870, t. 334 (1775)
Distribution: Trinidad; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhão)
81 TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea schomburgkii Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 365 (1854)
= Mabea taquari var. angustifolia Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1149 (1866)
= Maprounea glauca Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 54 (1825)
species :
Mabea tenorioi Mart.Gord., J.Jiménez Ram. & R.Cruz; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 71(2): 93 (2000)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Mabea trianae Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 506 (1899)
Distribution: Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá, Casanare, Guaviare, Meta, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Guárico, Portuguesa, Táchira)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mabea parvifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.V, Heft 52 (Euph.-Hippomaneae): 282 (1912)
species :
Mabea uleana Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XIV, Heft 68 (Euphorb. Addit. VI): 6: 56 (1919)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
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