View source for Maytenus ← Maytenus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Maytenus |accepted_authority=Molina |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, |place=177, 349. 1782 |year=1782 }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Tricerma |authority=Liebmann }} |hierarchy=Celastraceae;Maytenus |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> |etymology=Vernacular Chilean mayten, name for type species |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 112 |treatment_page=page 126 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, polygamomonoecious. <b>Branchlets</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate; stipules present; petiole present; blade margins entire or serrate; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes or flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual and unisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 5, distinct; petals 5, white or greenish white; nectary intrastaminal, annular, fleshy. <b>Bisexual</b> flowers: stamens 5, free and inserted under nectary; staminodes 0; pistil 2–4-carpellate; ovary superior, immersed in and adnate to nectary, 2–4-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 2–4; ovules 1–2 per locule. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 5, free from and inserted under nectary; staminodes 0; pistillode present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes 5, alternate with petals, undivided, not gland-tipped, minute; pistil 2–4-carpellate; ovary superior, immersed in and adnate to nectary, 2–4-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 2–4; ovules 1–2 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, 2–4-locular, obovoid, 2–4-angled, apex not beaked. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per locule, ellipsoid, not winged; aril bright red, completely surrounding seed.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 200 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Tricerma, sometimes separated from Maytenus (for example, by C. L. Lundell 1971), is embedded within Maytenus (M. J. McKenna et al. 2011) and not accepted here.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blade margins entire or remotely serrulate, apices obtuse to rounded; branchlets erect or spreading; capsules bright red, 8–12 mm; Florida and Texas. |[[Maytenus phyllanthoides|Maytenus phyllanthoides]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blade margins regularly serrulate, apices acute; branchlets pendent; capsules yellow or straw colored, 5–9 mm; California. |[[Maytenus boaria|Maytenus boaria]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Maytenus |author=Jinshuang Ma; Geoffrey A. Levin |authority=Molina |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Tricerma |basionyms= |family=Celastraceae |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, |publication year=1782 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_25.xml |genus=Maytenus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Celastraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Celastraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Maytenus.