Mareya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Mareya
Species: M. acuminata – M. brevipes – M. congolensis – M. micrantha
Name

Mareya Baill., Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 73. (1860)

Type species: Mareya micrantha Müll.Arg., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2.2): 792. (1866) originally designated as synonym Mareya spicata Baill., Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 74 (1860)

References

Baillon, H.E. 1860. Recueil périodique d’Observations Botaniques 1: 73.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mareya in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mareya. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Mareya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2021.

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]

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

Tropicos, genus Mareya
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1860. Adansonia 1: 73-75 in Latin
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.