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 /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.

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^[3]
• Maytenus boaria Molina
• Maytenus canariensis (Loes.) G. Kunkel & Sunding
• Maytenus clarendonensis Britton
• Maytenus crassipes Urb.
• Maytenus cunninghamii (Hook.) Loes. – Koonkara^[3]
• Maytenus curtissii (King) Ding Hou
• Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urban – Caribbean Mayten
• Maytenus dhofarensis Sebsebe
• Maytenus disperma (F.Muell.) Loes.^[3]
• Maytenus eggersii Loes.
• Maytenus elongata (Urban) Britt. – Puerto Rico Mayten
• Maytenus fasciculiflora Jessup^[3]
• Maytenus ferdinandi Jessup^[3]
• 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^[3]
• Maytenus sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)
• Maytenus stipitata Lundell
• Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
• Maytenus vitis-idaea – Indian's Salt
• Maytenus williamsii A.Molina^[4][5]

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

References

1. "Genus: Maytenus Molina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
2. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
3. "Maytenus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
4. "GRIN Species Records of Maytenus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
5. "Maytenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2010.

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