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{{taxobox
| image = Maitén.JPG
|image = Maitén.JPG
| image_caption = ''[[Maytenus boaria]]'', a tree of temperate climates
|image_caption = ''[[Maytenus boaria]]'', a tree of temperate climates
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| ordo = [[Celastrales]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| familia = [[Celastraceae]]
|ordo = [[Celastrales]]
| subfamilia = [[Celastroideae]]
|familia = [[Celastraceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Celastroideae]]
| genus = '''''Maytenus'''''
|genus = '''''Maytenus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]]
|genus_authority = [[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]]
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| synonyms = ''Boaria'' <small>A.DC.</small><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7351 |title=Genus: ''Maytenus'' Molina |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2005-02-08 |accessdate=2010-08-31}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
|subdivision = See text
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|synonyms = ''Boaria'' <small>A.DC.</small><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7351 |title=Genus: ''Maytenus'' Molina |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2005-02-08 |accessdate=2010-08-31}}</ref>
}}
|}}
'''''Maytenus''''' ({{pron-en|ˈmeɪtɛnəs}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[staff vine]] family, [[Celastraceae]]. Members of the genus are distributed throughout [[Central America|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.
'''''Maytenus''''' ({{pron-en|ˈmeɪtɛnəs}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[staff vine]] family, [[Celastraceae]]. Members of the genus are distributed throughout [[Central America|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.


Revision as of 03:40, 6 December 2010

Maytenus
Maytenus boaria, a tree of temperate climates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Celastrales
Family:
Celastraceae
Subfamily:
Celastroideae
Genus:
Maytenus

Species

See text

Synonyms

Boaria A.DC.[1]

Maytenus (Template:Pron-en)[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine 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.

Selected species

Formerly placed here

Cultivation and uses

M. boaria and M. 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. Maytenus ebenifola is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Maytenus Molina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Maytenus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  4. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Maytenus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  5. ^ "Maytenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  6. ^ Ayahuasca Analogues
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