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Monoecious (in ours) shrubs or trees, with milky latex sometimes present. Leaves simple, alternate, entire, usually with a few glands beneath. Inflorescences consisting of terminal spikes or racemes borne on short lateral shoots; with 1-5 female flowers at the base and a dense head of male flowers at the apex. Male flowers: calyx lobes 2-3; petals 0; stamens with the 2-3 filaments united into a column. Female flowers: calyx lobes 3; ovary 3-locular with 1 ovule per loculus; styles 3. Fruit spherical or weakly 2-3-lobed, dehiscent.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Maprounea Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=874
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Maprounea

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Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
  2. Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  3. Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
  4. Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
  5. Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire
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References

  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  2. ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 895, t. 342 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Maprounea Aubl.
  4. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ^ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
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Maprounea: Brief Summary

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Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.

Species Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire Formerly included

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Maprounea glauca - Mabea taquari
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