''Maranthes'' 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 ...
in the family
Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.
[Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 320: 1–184.]
''Maranthes'' is native to tropical regions of
Africa
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,
Southeast Asia
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,
Australia
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,
Central America
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, and various oceanic islands.
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Species[
# '' Maranthes aubrevillei'' - W Africa
# '' Maranthes chrysophylla'' - W + C Africa
# '' Maranthes corymbosa'' - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, ]Papuasia
Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.
It comprises the f ...
, Philippines, Palau
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# ''Maranthes floribunda
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - C Africa
# '' Maranthes gabunensis'' - C Africa
# '' Maranthes glabra'' - W + C Africa
# ''Maranthes goetzeniana
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
# ''Maranthes kerstingii
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - W + C Africa
# ''Maranthes panamensis
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
# ''Maranthes polyandra
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - from Ivory Coast to South Sudan
# ''Maranthes robusta
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - W Africa
# ''Maranthes sanagensis
''Maranthes'' is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology ...
'' - Cameroon
References
External links
Chrysobalanaceae genera
Chrysobalanaceae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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