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338.0000 Family Phyllanthaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 369 (1820), nom. cons.
58 genera, ca. 2200 spp.
Species listed in database: 2113; hybrids: 5
= Antidesmataceae Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 534 (1830)
= Aporosaceae Lindl. ex Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 2: 265 (1854)
= Bischofiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 252 (1965)
= Hymenocardiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 261 (1965)
= Porantheraceae Hurus.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 224 (1954)
= Scepaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 171 (1836)
= Stilaginaceae C.Agardh; Aphor. Bot. 199 (1824)
= Uapacaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 270 (1965)
338.1504 Genus Maesobotrya Benth.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1296 (1879)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 18
= Staphysora Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1233 (1896), et ex Pax, in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 521 (1897)
species :
Maesobotrya barteri (Baill.) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 669 (1912)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea barteri (Baill.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 464 (1866)
= Maesobotrya brevispicata Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs., et ex Pax & K. Hoffm., Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 23 (1922)
= Maesobotrya dissitiflora Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs., et ex Pax & K. Hoffm., Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 24 (1922)
= Pierardia barteri Baill.; Adansonia 4: 137 (1863 publ. 1864)
variant :
var. sparsiflora (Scott Elliot) Keay; Kew Bull. [10]: 139 (1955)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Gabon; Central African Republic
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CAF GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea bonnetii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 58 (1908)
= Baccaurea caillei Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 61 (1908)
= Baccaurea cavalliensis Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 121 (1910)
= Baccaurea gagnepainii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 59 (1908)
= Baccaurea glaziovii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 60 (1908)
= Baccaurea longispicata Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 59 (1908)
= Baccaurea poissonii Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 60 (1908)
= Baccaurea sparsiflora Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 97 (1894)
= Maesobotrya edulis Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 284 (1928)
= Maesobotrya floribunda var. sparsiflora (Scott Elliot) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 20 (1922)
= Maesobotrya rufinervis Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 20 (1922)
= Maesobotrya sparsiflora (Scott Elliot) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 665 (1912)
species :
Maesobotrya bertramiana Büttner; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 93 (1889)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Maesobotrya sapinii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 268 (1908)
= Maesobotrya sapinii var. brevipetiolata De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 269 (1908)
= Maesobotrya tsoukensis Pellegr.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, Bot., n. s. 1(2): 64 (1928), et in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 1: 160 (1929)
= Staphysora sapinii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 268 (1908), nomen
species :
Maesobotrya cordulata J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 259 (1945)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
species :
Maesobotrya fallax Pax ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 23 (1922)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Maesobotrya fallax Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs.
species :
Maesobotrya floribunda Benth.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1296 (1879)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Antidesma schweinfurthii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 530 (1893)
= Maesobotrya floribunda var. hirtella (Pax) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 20 (1922)
= Maesobotrya floribunda var. schweinfurthii (Pax) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 20 (1922)
= Maesobotrya hirtella Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 21 (1899)
species :
Maesobotrya glabrata (Hutch.) Exell; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A 21: 465 (1959)
Distribution: Principe Isl.; São Tomé
23 PRI SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Thecacoris glabrata Hutch.; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 287 (1944)
species :
Maesobotrya griffoniana (Baill.) Pierre ex Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 669 (1912)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Cameroon; Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea bipindensis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 368 (1904)
= Baccaurea griffoniana (Baill.) Müll.Arg.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(2): 464 (1866)
= Maesobotrya bipindensis (Pax) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 667 (1912)
= Pierardia griffoniana Baill.; Adansonia 4: 136 (1863 publ. 1864)
species :
Maesobotrya klaineana (Pierre) J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 63(1-2): 14 (1994)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Maesobotrya dusenii (Pax) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 664 (1912), isonym
= Maesobotrya dusenii (Pax) Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 521 (1897)
= Maesobotrya intermedia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 19 (1922)
= Maesobotrya intermedia Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs.
= Maesobotrya klaineana Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 19 (1922)
= Staphysora dusenii Pax; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1233 (1896), et ex Pax, in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 521 (1897)
= Staphysora klaineana Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1233 (1896), nomen
species :
Maesobotrya liberica Jongkind; Candollea 71(2): 276 (2016)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
species :
Maesobotrya longipes (Pax) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 670 (1912)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Antidesma longipes Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 529 (1893)
= Maesobotrya longipes var. albida Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 25 (1922)
= Maesobotrya longipes var. lancifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 25 (1922)
= Maesobotrya scariosa Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 25 (1922)
= Maesobotrya scariosa Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs.
= Staphysora albida Pierre ex Pax; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1233 (1896), nomen
species :
Maesobotrya oligantha O.Lachenaud & Breteler; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 33(2): 216 (215-219; fig. 1, map) (2011)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
species :
Maesobotrya pauciflora Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 281 (1903)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB
species :
Maesobotrya pierlotii J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 63(1-2): 39 (1994)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Maesobotrya purseglovei Verdc.; Kew Bull. [7]: 357 (1952)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
23 ZAI 25 UGA
species :
Maesobotrya pynaertii (De Wild.) Pax & K.Hoffm., J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 258 (1945), descr. ampl.
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
23 ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea pynaertii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 219 (1910)
= Maesobotrya pynaertii Pax & K.Hoffm.; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 25 (1922)
= Maesobotrya pynaertii Pax; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 15 (1921), in obs.
species :
Maesobotrya staudtii (Pax) Hutch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 668 (1912)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea staudtii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 521 (1897)
species :
Maesobotrya vermeulenii (De Wild.) J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 63(1-2): 51 (1994)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 NGA 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Baccaurea vermeulenii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 218 (1910)
= Maesobotrya floribunda var. vermeulenii (De Wild.) J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 258 (1945)
species :
Maesobotrya villosa (J.Léonard) J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 63(1-2): 60 (1994)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Maesobotrya floribunda var. villosa J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 257 (1945)
variant :
var. lenifolia J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 63(1-2): 62 (1994)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
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