Maytenus

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 is paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia, Gymnosporia, Monteverdia, and Tricerma.
Selected species
Maytenus abbottii A.E.van Wyk
Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.
Maytenus boaria Molina (type species)
Maytenus buxifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. (West Indies)
Maytenus canariensis (Loes.) G. Kunkel & Sunding
Maytenus curtissii (King) Ding Hou
Maytenus hookeri Loes.
Maytenus jamesonii Briq.
Maytenus lucidus
Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.
Maytenus obtusifolia
Maytenus octogona
Maytenus oleoides Loes.
Maytenus oleosa A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer
Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth. – Florida mayten, guttapercha mayten
Maytenus procumbens (L.f.) Loes.
Maytenus reynosioides Urb.
Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
Maytenus vitis-idaea – Indian's salt
Maytenus williamsii A.Molina
Undescribed species:
Maytenus sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)
Formerly placed here
Denhamia bilocularis (F.Muell.) M.P. Simmons – Orangebark
Denhamia cunninghamii (Hook.) M.P. Simmons – Koonkara
Denhamia disperma (F.Muell.) M.P. Simmons
Denhamia fasciculiflora (Jessup) M.P. Simmons
Denhamia ferdinandi (Jessup) M.P. Simmons
Denhamia silvestris (Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P. Simmons – Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bush
Gymnosporia addat Loes.
Gymnosporia austroyunnanensis (S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li) M.P. Simmons
Gymnosporia dhofarensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan
Gymnosporia diversifolia Maxim. (as M. diversifolia (Maxim.) Ding Hou)
Gymnosporia harenensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan
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 thomsonii Kurz (as M. thomsonii (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu)
Monteverdia aquifolia (Mart.) Biral
Monteverdia clarendonensis (Britton) Biral
Monteverdia crassipes (Urb.) Biral
Monteverdia cymosa (Krug & Urban) Biral – Caribbean mayten
Monteverdia eggersii (Loes.) Biral
Monteverdia elongata (Urban) Biral – Puerto Rico mayten
Monteverdia harrisii (Krug & Urb.) Biral
Monteverdia ilicifolia (Mart. ex Reissek) Biral
Monteverdia jefeana (Lundell) Biral
Monteverdia krukovii (A.C. Sm.) Biral
Monteverdia laevigata (Vahl) Biral – White cinnamon
Monteverdia laevis (Reissek) Biral
Monteverdia macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Biral
Monteverdia manabiensis (Loes.) Biral
Monteverdia matudae (Lundell) Biral
Monteverdia microcarpa (Fawc. & Rendle) Biral
Monteverdia ponceana (Britt.) Biral
Monteverdia quadrangulata (Schrad.) Biral
Monteverdia robusta (Reissek) Biral
Monteverdia stipitata (Lundell) Biral
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
Flora of Pakistan
Celastrales genera
Ayahuasca
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot