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{{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
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--><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><!--

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|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>
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==Key==
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{| 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]]
|}
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-->{{#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=
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|genus=Maytenus
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