''Maerua'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s in the family
Capparaceae
The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are '' Capparis'' (about ...
, with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia.
Among its species:
* ''
Maerua acuminata''
Oliver
* ''
Maerua andradae''
Wild
* ''
Maerua angolensis''
DC.
* ''
Maerua brunnescens''
Wild
* ''
Maerua cafra
''Maerua cafra'' ( DC.) Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to the Transvaal, ...
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(DC.) Pax
* ''
Maerua crassifolia
''Maerua crassifolia'' is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is native to Africa, tropical Arabia, and Israel, but is disappearing from Egypt. Foliage from this plant is used as fodder for animals, especially camels, during the dr ...
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Forssk.
* ''
Maerua duchesnei''
(De Wild.) F.White
* ''
Maerua elegans''
R.Wilczek
* ''
Maerua juncea''
Pax
*''
Maerua koratensis''
[
* '' Maerua oblongifolia'' (Forssk.) A.Rich.
* '' Maerua racemulosa'' Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
* '' Maerua scandens'' (Klotzsch) Gilg
]
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Taxa named by Peter Forsskål
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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