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Maytenus acuminata

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Internal ID UUID643ff52825d40386124581
Scientific name Maytenus acuminata
Authority (L.f.) Loes.
First published in Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 20b: 138 (1942)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Maytenus meruensis (Loes.) Loes. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 20b: 137 (1942)
Catha acuminata C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845)
Catha rupestris C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845)
Celastrus acuminatus L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 154 (1782)
Celastrus microphyllus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 119. [Dec 1834-Mar 1835]
Celastrus mucronatus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 119 (1835)
Celastrus plectronia DC. Prodr. 2: 9 (1825)
Celastrus populifolius Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 94 (1797)
Celastrus rupestris Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 119 (1835)
Gymnosporia acuminata Szyszył. Polypet. Discifl. Rehmann. 32. 1888 Preprinted or reprinted from Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 18: 1-75 (1888) [see TL-2 13.637]
Gymnosporia amaniensis Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 305 (1908)
Gymnosporia bukobina Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 305 (1908)
Gymnosporia lepidota Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 549 (1893)
Gymnosporia meruensis Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 549 (1893)
Gymnosporia populifolia Dümmer Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 54: 248 (1913)
Ilex livida E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 194 (1843)
Ilex lucida E.Mey. ex C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 467 (1845)
Celastrus acuminatus var. microphyllus Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 454 1860
Gymnosporia acuminata var. lepidota (Loes.) Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 307 1908
Gymnosporia acuminata var. microphylla (Sond.) Davison Bothalia 2: 313 1927
Gymnosporia lepidota var. kilimandscharica Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 489 1926
Gymnosporia lepidota var. ruwenzorica Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 489 1926
Maytenus amaniensis (Loes.) Loes. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 20b: 138 (1942)
Maytenus bukobina (Loes.) Loes. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 20b: 138 (1942)
Maytenus lepidota (Loes.) Robyns & Lawalrée Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 1: 496 (1948)
Maytenus lepidota var. kilimandscharica (Loes.) Robyns & Lawalrée Fl. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 496 1948
Maytenus rhodesica Exell Kew Bull. 8: 103 (1953)
Maytenus acuminata var. uvaursi Brenan

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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World Flora Online wfo-0000369427
Tropicos 6600397
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161800-1
The Plant List kew-2360109
Open Tree Of Life 5233476
NCBI Taxonomy 1237617
IUCN Red List 146196632
IPNI 161800-1
iNaturalist 557508
GBIF 3791179
Freebase /m/0drw44_
EOL 6940145
USDA GRIN 310873
Wikipedia Maytenus_acuminata

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Topsoil and Vegetation Dynamics 14 Years after Eucalyptus grandis Removal in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Mthethwa K, Ruwanza S Plants (Basel) 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490425
doi:10.3390/plants12173047
PMID:37687294
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Knowledge Gaps in Taxonomy, Ecology, Population Distribution Drivers and Genetic Diversity of African Sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud.): A Scoping Review for Conservation Mugula BB, Kiboi SK, Kanya JI, Egeru A, Okullo P, Curto M, Meimberg H Plants (Basel) 26-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8465005
doi:10.3390/plants10091780
PMID:34579313
Medicinal plants as a fight against murine blood-stage malaria Dkhil MA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Shaebi EM, Abdel-Gaber R, Thagfan FA, Qasem MA Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938113
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.014
PMID:33732056
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671
High Genetic Diversity and Species Complexity of Diaporthe Associated With Grapevine Dieback in China Manawasinghe IS, Dissanayake AJ, Li X, Liu M, Wanasinghe DN, Xu J, Zhao W, Zhang W, Zhou Y, Hyde KD, Brooks S, Yan J Front Microbiol 02-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6732904
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01936
PMID:31543868
Antimalarial Activity of Plant Metabolites Pan WH, Xu XY, Shi N, Tsang SW, Zhang HJ Int J Mol Sci 06-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5983777
doi:10.3390/ijms19051382
PMID:29734792
Families of Diaporthales based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence Senanayake IC, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Maharachchikumbura SS, Jeewon R, Phillips AJ, Bhat JD, Perera RH, Li QR, Li WJ, Tangthirasunun N, Norphanphoun C, Karunarathna SC, Camporesi E, Manawasighe IS, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD Stud Mycol 01-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5603113
doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.003
PMID:28947840
Fungal Planet description sheets: 154–213 Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Guarro J, Cheewangkoon R, van der Bank M, Swart WJ, Stchigel AM, Cano-Lira JF, Roux J, Madrid H, Damm U, Wood AR, Shuttleworth LA, Hodges CS, Munster M, de Jesús Yáñez-Morales M, Zúñiga-Estrada L, Cruywagen EM, de Hoog GS, Silvera C, Najafzadeh J, Davison EM, Davison PJ, Barrett MD, Barrett RL, Manamgoda DS, Minnis AM, Kleczewski NM, Flory SL, Castlebury LA, Clay K, Hyde KD, Maússe-Sitoe SN, Chen S, Lechat C, Hairaud M, Lesage-Meessen L, Pawłowska J, Wilk M, Śliwińska-Wyrzychowska A, Mętrak M, Wrzosek M, Pavlic-Zupanc D, Maleme HM, Slippers B, Mac Cormack WP, Archuby DI, Grünwald NJ, Tellería MT, Dueñas M, Martín MP, Marincowitz S, de Beer ZW, Perez CA, Gené J, Marin-Felix Y, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 26-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3904050
doi:10.3767/003158513X675925
PMID:24761043
A rapid multi-disciplinary biodiversity assessment of the Kamdebooberge (Sneeuberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa): implications for conservation Clark VR, Perera SJ, Stiller M, Stirton CH, Weston PH, Stoev P, Coombs G, Morris DB, Ratnayake-Perera D, Barker NP, McGregor GK Springerplus 06-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3540356
doi:10.1186/2193-1801-1-56
PMID:23316449

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