Mareya is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1860.[1][2] It is native to tropical western and central Africa.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
| Mareya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Acalypheae |
| Subtribe: | Mareyinae |
| Genus: | Mareya Baill. |
| Type species | |
| Mareya spicata[1] | |
- Uses
Mareya micrantha is said to have local anaesthetic properties. It is also used as an abortifacient.
- Species[3]
- Mareya aristata Prain - Gabon
- Mareya brevipes Pax - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Zaïre, Central African Republic, Uganda
- Mareya congolensis (J.Léonard) J.Léonard - Zaïre
- Mareya micrantha (Benth.) Müll.Arg. (syn M. spicata) - widespread from Liberia to Zaire
- formerly included
transferred to Mareyopsis
- Mareya longifolia Pax - Mareyopsis longifolia (Pax) Pax & K.Hoffm.
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, genus Mareya
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1860. Adansonia 1: 73-75 in Latin
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Mareya
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- ^ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- ^ Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- ^ Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- ^ Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.
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