''Microtropis'' 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 family Celastraceae. There are about 70 species. They are trees and

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s, evergreen or deciduous, with oppositely arranged leaves and white or yellowish flowers.''Microtropis''.
Flora of China. ''Microtropis'' are distributed in

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, and

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. Species include: * '' Microtropis argentea'' Kochummen * '' Microtropis borneensis''

Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...

& Freeman * '' Microtropis densiflora''

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* '' Microtropis fascicularis'' Kochummen * '' Microtropis keningauensis'' Kochummen * '' Microtropis rigida''

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees ...

* '' Microtropis sabahensis'' Kochummen * '' Microtropis sarawakensis'' Kochummen * '' Microtropis tenuis'' Symington * ''

Microtropis wallichiana ''Microtropis wallichiana'' is a species of small tree in the family Celastraceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ila� ...

'' Wight ex Thwaites * '' Microtropis zeylanica'' Merr. & Freeman

References

Celastrales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Celastraceae-stub