''Monteverdia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
.
In a
taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''
Systematic Botany
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Plant taxonomy is closely allied ...
'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''
Maytenus
''Maytenus'' ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indi ...
'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia''.
Selected species
Some of the 123 species are:
* ''
Monteverdia buxifolia
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
A.Rich.
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Biography
Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Frenc ...
, 1845
*''
Monteverdia eggersii
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Loes.) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia harrisii
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Krug & Urb.
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) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia laevis
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
(Reissek
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From 1837 to 1841 ...
) Biral, 2017
* ''
Monteverdia macrocarpa
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
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& Pav.) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia manabiensis
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Loes.) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia matudae
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Lundell) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia microcarpa
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Fawc. & Rendle) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia multicostata
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
Cornejo & Biral, 2021
*''
Monteverdia pittieriana
''Monteverdia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae.
In a taxonomic review, Leonardo Biral ''et al.'' (2017) in ''Systematic Botany'' 42 (4), reclassified 123 species of ''Maytenus'' now placed in the genus ''Monteverdia'' ...
''
( Steyerm.) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia ponceana''
( Britt.) Biral, 2017
* ''
Monteverdia robusta''
(Reissek
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From 1837 to 1841 ...
) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia spinosa''
((Griseb.
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879.
Biography
Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ...
) Lourteig
Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003) was an Argentine and French botanist, world specialist in Oxalidaceae.
Personal life and education
Alicia Lourteig was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her parents originated from France and Argentina. She studied ph ...
& O'Donell) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia stipitata''
( Lundell) Biral, 2017
*''
Monteverdia zakii''
Biral & Cornejo, 2021
References
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Celastrales genera
Celastraceae