Maesobotrya

Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1879^[2][3][4] and is native to sub-Saharan Africa.^[1][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[6]

Maesobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Scepeae
Genus:	Maesobotrya Benth.
Synonyms[1]
Staphysora Pierre

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Maesobotrya:^[7]

• Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central Africa
• Maesobotrya bertramiana - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon
• Maesobotrya floribunda - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe
• Maesobotrya griffoniana - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya klaineana - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya liberica - Liberia
• Maesobotrya longipes - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
• Maesobotrya pauciflora - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
• Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon
• Maesobotrya staudtii - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya vermeulenii - Central Africa
• Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Formerly included^[1]

• Maesobotrya oblonga - moved to Antidesma oblongum
• Maesobotrya stapfiana - moved to Protomegabaria stapfiana