Maytenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of Maytenus was paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia and Gymnosporia.

Species

176 species are accepted.

• Maytenus abbottii A.E.van Wyk

• Maytenus acanthophylla

• Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.

• Maytenus agostinii

• Maytenus alaternoides

• Maytenus albata

• Maytenus amazonica

• Maytenus angolensis

• Maytenus apiculata

• Maytenus apurimacensis

• Maytenus aquifolium (Mart.)

• Maytenus ardisiifolia

• Maytenus basidentata

• Maytenus belizensis

• Maytenus boaria Molina (type species)

• Maytenus boarioides

• Maytenus brasiliensis

• Maytenus buxifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. (West Indies)

• Maytenus cajalbanica

• Maytenus cassineformis

• Maytenus cassinoides

• Maytenus catingarum

• Maytenus cestrifolia

• Maytenus chapadensis

• Maytenus chasei

• Maytenus calzadae

• Maytenus chiapensis

• Maytenus chubutensis

• Maytenus clarendonensis Britton

• Maytenus cochlearifolia

• Maytenus communis

• Maytenus comocladiiformis

• Maytenus conferta

• Maytenus cordata

• Maytenus corei

• Maytenus coriacea

• Maytenus crassipes Urb.

• Maytenus curranii

• Maytenus cuzcoina

• Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urb. Caribbean mayten

• Maytenus dasyclados

• Maytenus disticha

• Maytenus distichophylla

• Maytenus domingensis

• Maytenus duqueana

• Maytenus durifolia

• Maytenus ebenifolia

• Maytenus eggersii Loes.

• Maytenus elaeodendroides

• Maytenus elongata (Urb.) Britton Puerto Rico mayten

• Maytenus erythroxylon

• Maytenus evonymoides

• Maytenus ficiformis

• Maytenus flagellata

• Maytenus floribunda

• Maytenus fugax

• Maytenus glaucescens

• Maytenus gonoclados Mart.

• Maytenus gracilis

• Maytenus grenadensis

• Maytenus grisea

• Maytenus guatemalensis

• Maytenus guyanensis

• Maytenus haitiensis

• Maytenus harrisii Krug & Urb.

• Maytenus horrida

• Maytenus hotteana

• Maytenus huberi

• Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek

• Maytenus imbricata

• Maytenus inflata

• Maytenus insculpta

• Maytenus jamaicensis

• Maytenus jamesonii Briq.

• Maytenus jefeana Lundell

• Maytenus jelskii

• Maytenus kanukuensis

• Maytenus karstenii

• Maytenus laevigata (Vahl) Griseb. ex Eggers White cinnamon

• Maytenus laevis Reissek

• Maytenus laurina

• Maytenus laxiflora

• Maytenus lineata

• Maytenus listeri

• Maytenus littoralis

• Maytenus loeseneri

• Maytenus longifolia

• Maytenus longistipitata

• Maytenus lucayana

• Maytenus lucida

• Maytenus macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq.

• Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.

• Maytenus manabiensis Loes.

• Maytenus matudae Lundell

• Maytenus mayana

• Maytenus megalocarpa

• Maytenus meguillensis

• Maytenus meridensis

• Maytenus microcarpa Fawc. & Rendle

• Maytenus microphylla

• Maytenus monodii

• Maytenus monticola

• Maytenus mornicola

• Maytenus mucugensis

• Maytenus myrsinoides

• Maytenus neblinae

• Maytenus nitida

• Maytenus oblongata

• Maytenus obtusifolia

• Maytenus ocoensis

• Maytenus oleoides Loes.

• Maytenus oleosa A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer

• Maytenus opaca

• Maytenus orbicularis

• Maytenus parvifolia

• Maytenus patens

• Maytenus pavonii

• Maytenus peduncularis

• Maytenus peruana

• Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth. Florida mayten, guttapercha mayten

• Maytenus pittieriana

• Maytenus planifolia

• Maytenus ponceana Britton

• Maytenus procumbens (L.f.) Loes.

• Maytenus pruinosa

• Maytenus prunifolia

• Maytenus psammophila

• Maytenus pseudoboaria

• Maytenus purpusii

• Maytenus pustulata

• Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes.

• Maytenus radlkoferiana

• Maytenus recondita

• Maytenus reflexa

• Maytenus repanda

• Maytenus retusa

• Maytenus revoluta

• Maytenus reynosioides Urb.

• Maytenus rigida

• Maytenus robustoides

• Maytenus rupestris

• Maytenus salicifolia

• Maytenus samydiformis

• Maytenus saxicola

• Maytenus schippii

• Maytenus schumanniana

• Maytenus segoviarum

• Maytenus serpentini

• Maytenus sieberiana

• Maytenus spinosa

• Maytenus splendens

• Maytenus sprucei

• Maytenus stipitata Lundell

• Maytenus subalata

• Maytenus suboppositifolia

• Maytenus tetragona

• Maytenus theoides

• Maytenus tikalensis

• Maytenus trianae

• Maytenus truncata

• Maytenus tunarina

• Maytenus umbellata

• Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock

• Maytenus urbaniana

• Maytenus urbanii

• Maytenus urquiolae

• Maytenus versluysii

• Maytenus verticillata

• Maytenus vexata

• Maytenus virens

• Maytenus viscifolia

• Maytenus vitis-idaea Indian's salt

• Maytenus wendtii

• Maytenus williamsii A.Molina

• Maytenus woodsonii

Undescribed species:

• Maytenus sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)

Formerly placed here

• Denhamia bilocularis (F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons Orangebark (as M. bilocularis )

• Denhamia cunninghamii (Hook.) M.P.Simmons Koonkara (as M. cunninghamii )

• Denhamia disperma (F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons (as M. disperma )

• Denhamia fasciculiflora (Jessup) M.P.Simmons (as M. fasciculiflora )

• Denhamia muelleri (Benth.) Jessup (as M. ferdinandi )

• Denhamia silvestris (Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P. Simmons (as M. silvestris ) Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bush

• Gymnosporia addat Loes. (as M. addat )

• Gymnosporia austroyunnanensis (S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li) M.P. Simmons (as M. austroyunnanensis )

• Gymnosporia cassinoides (as M. canariensis or M. dryandri var. canariensis )

• Gymnosporia dhofarensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan (as M. dhofarensis )

• Gymnosporia diversifolia Maxim. (as M. diversifolia (Maxim.) Ding Hou)

• Gymnosporia harenensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan (as M. harenensis )

• Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. (as M. heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N. Robson)

• Gymnosporia nemorosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Szyszyl. (as M. nemorosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Marais)

• Gymnosporia rothiana (Walp.) Wight & Arn. ex M.A.Lawson (as M. rothiana (Walp.) Lobr.-Callen)

• Gymnosporia royleana Wall. ex M.A.Lawson (as M. royleana (Wall. ex M. A. Lawson) Cufod.)

• Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. (as M. senegalensis (Lam.) Exell)

• Gymnosporia stylosa (as M. stylosa or M. curtisii (King) Ding Hou)

• Gymnosporia thomsonii Kurz (as M. thomsonii (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu)

Cultivation and uses

Maytenus boaria and Maytenus magellanica are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly tropical genus. The bark of Maytenus krukovii has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of ayahuasca.

References

External links

• Flora of Pakistan