''Monteverdia'' is a genus of

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s 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''.

Selected species

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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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.)

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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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'' ...

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, 2017 *'' Monteverdia ponceana'' ( Britt.)

, 2017 * '' Monteverdia robusta'' (

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, 2017 *'' Monteverdia spinosa'' ((

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& O'Donell)

, 2017 *'' Monteverdia stipitata'' ( Lundell)

, 2017 *'' Monteverdia zakii'' Biral & Cornejo, 2021

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q85024193 Celastrales genera Celastraceae