View source for Maytenus phyllanthoides

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Maytenus phyllanthoides
|accepted_authority=Bentham
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Voy. Sulphur,
|place=54. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|common_names=Gutta-percha;leather leaf;mangle dulce
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tricerma phyllanthoides
|authority=(Bentham) Lundell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Maytenus;Maytenus phyllanthoides
|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 phyllanthoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 126
|treatment_page=page 127
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees 0.2–7 m. <b>Stems</b> erect to spreading, or decumbent to prostrate; branchlets erect or spreading, puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–6 mm; blade oblong-elliptic to obovate, 1.5–5(–6) × 1–2.5(–3.5) cm, base cuneate or rounded, margins entire or remotely serrulate, sometimes wavy, apex obtuse to rounded, sometimes mucronate. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals reddish, rounded; petals 2–3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> bright red, 8–12 × 4–6 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba).
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Recognition of two varieties follows G. L. Nesom (2009e).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade bases cuneate; stems erect to spreading.
|[[Maytenus phyllanthoides var. phyllanthoides|Maytenus phyllanthoides var. phyllanthoides]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade bases rounded; stems decumbent to prostrate.
|[[Maytenus phyllanthoides var. ovalifolia|Maytenus phyllanthoides var. ovalifolia]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Maytenus phyllanthoides
|authority=Bentham
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tricerma phyllanthoides
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Voy. Sulphur,
|publication year=1844
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_1086.xml
|genus=Maytenus
|species=Maytenus phyllanthoides
}}<!--

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