Marila

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: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Marila
Species: M. alternifolia – M. biflora – M. cespedesiana – M. dissitiflora – M. domingensis – M. florenciana – M. geminata – M. grandiflora – M. lactogena – M. laxiflora – M. macrophylla – M. magnifica – M. micrantha – M. nitida – M. podantha – M. racemosa – M. saramaccana – M. spiciformis – M. tomentosa
Name

Marila Sw., Prodr. [O.P.Swartz] 84. (1788)

Type species: Marila racemosa Sw., Prodr. [O.P.Swartz] 84. (1788)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Monoporina J.Presl
Scyphaea C.Presl

References

Swartz, O. 1788. Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum Vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783-87 84.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Marila in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Marila. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Marila. Published online. Accessed: July 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Marila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 July 2021.

Marila is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae.[1] The genus comprises about 20 species, occurring in the Neotropics from Mexico and the Antilles to Bolivia.

Species include:

Marila grandiflora
Marila laxiflora
Marila saramaccana
Marila spiciformis

References

Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/