Maprounea

Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
  2. Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  3. Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
  4. Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
  5. Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire
Formerly included

Maprounea
Maprounea guianensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Maprounea
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]

moved to Mabea

  • Maprounea glauca - Mabea taquari

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  2. Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 895, t. 342 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Maprounea Aubl.
  4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144


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