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The genus Maytenus is in the family Celastraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Maytenus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus agostinii Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus alaternifolia (Tul.) H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus alaternoides Reissek	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus andicola Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus andongensis (Oliv.) Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus angolensis Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus angustifolia (Sond.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus apiculata Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus apurimacensis Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus austroyunnanensis S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus basidentata Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus belizensis Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus blepharodes Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus boaria Molina	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus boarioides Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) R.Wilczek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus buxifolia (A. Rich.) Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus capitata (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Marais	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus cassineformis Reissek	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus chiapensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus chubutensis (Speg.) Lourteig, O'Donell & Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus communis Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus conferta (Ruiz & Pav.) Reissek ex Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus confertiflora J.Y. Luo & X.X. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus coriacea Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus cuezzoi Legname	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus curranii S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus cuzcoina Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus dasyclados Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus disticha (Hook.f.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus dongfangensis F.W.Xing & X.S. Qin	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus durifolia Briq.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus eggersii Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus esquirolii (H. Lév.) C.Y. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus fasciculata (Tul.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus ficiformis Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus glazioviana Loes. ex Taub.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus gracilipes (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus guangxiensis C.Y. Cheng & W.L. Sha	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus guyanensis Klotzsch ex Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus hookeri Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus horrida Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus huberi Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus ilicina (Burch. ex Loudon) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus inflata S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus insculpta Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus jamesonii Briq.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus jefeana Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus jelskii Zahlbr.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus kanukuensis A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus karstenii Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus krukovii A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus laevis Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus leptopus (Tul.) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus linearis (L. f.) Marais	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus longipes Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus longistipitata Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus lucida Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus manabiensis Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus matudae Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus meridensis (Pittier) Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus myrsinoides Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus neblinae Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus nemorosa Marais	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus oblongata Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus obscura (A. Rich.) Cufod.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus octogona (L'Hér.) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus officinalis Mabb.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus oleoides (Lam.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus opaca Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus parvifolia Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus pavonii Briq.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus peduncularis Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus peruana (Loes.) Liesner	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus pittieriana Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus polyacantha (Sond.) Marais	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus procumbens (L. f.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus pruinosa Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus prunifolia C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus pseudoboaria Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus purpusii Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus pustulata Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus radlkoferiana Loes. ex Taub.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus repanda Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus retusa (Poir.) Briq.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus robusta Reissek	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus robustoides Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus rufa (Wall.) Cufod.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus rupestris Pirani & Carv.-Okano	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus schippii Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus scutioides (Griseb.) Lourteig & O'Donell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus segoviarum Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus sieberiana Krug & Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus spinosa (Griseb.) Lourteig & O'Donell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus sprucei Briq.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus stipitata Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus tenuispina (Sond.) Marais	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus tetragona Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus texana Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus theoides Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus truncata Reissek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Maytenus verticillata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus viscifolia Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus vitis-idaea Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Maytenus zeyheri (Sond.) Loes.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 417 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Maytenus. Of these 113 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 27 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Maytenus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 417 species names for the genus Maytenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	113	27.1%
◕	Synonym	73	17.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	231	55.4%

All names

The status of the 444 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Maytenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	114	25.7%
◕	Synonym	95	21.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	235	52.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 417 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Maytenus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	106	70	0	0	176	42.2%
	Low confidence	7	3	0	231	241	57.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Maytenus, are as follows: