Celastraceae
Maytenus

Maytenus orbicularis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Loes.

First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111: 10 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Galápagos, Ecuador to Peru. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru

Introduced into:

New York, Tadzhikistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spruce, R. [6409] Ecuador Maytenus uliginosa K000201362 Yes
Spruce, R. [5972] Ecuador Maytenus uliginosa K000110118 Yes
Spruce, R. [6409] Ecuador Maytenus uliginosa K000201363 Yes
Darwin, C. [s.n.] Ecuador Maytenus obovata K000494588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Darwin, C. [s.n.] Ecuador Maytenus obovata K000494586 Unknown Type Material Yes
Darwin, C. [s.n.] Ecuador Maytenus obovata K000494587 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images