View source for Maytenus boaria

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|accepted_name=Maytenus boaria
|accepted_authority=Molina
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili,
|place=177, 349. 1782
|year=1782
}}
|common_names=Mayten tree
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Maytenus;Maytenus boaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Maytenus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Maytenus boaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 126
|treatment_page=page 128
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>to 15 m. <b>Stems</b> erect to spreading; branchlets gray-brown, pendent, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–5 mm; blade elliptic to lanceolate, 1–6 × 0.4–2 cm, base cuneate, margins regularly serrulate, apex acute. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals green, rounded; petals 1.5–3 m. <b>Capsules</b> yellow or straw colored, 5–9 × 5–6.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Disturbed scrub and oak woodlands.
|elevation=100–400 m.
|distribution=Calif.;South America (Argentina;Chile).
|discussion=<p><i>Maytenus boaria</i> is naturalized in the San Francisco Bay area, where it spreads after fires.</p>
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name=Maytenus boaria
|authority=Molina
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
|habitat=Disturbed scrub and oak woodlands.
|elevation=100–400 m.
|distribution=Calif.;South America (Argentina;Chile).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili,
|publication year=1782
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Maytenus
|species=Maytenus boaria
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