Maasia

Maasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Malmeoideae
Genus: Maasia
Mols, Kessler & Rogstad

Maasia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.[1]

Its native range is Indo-China to New Guinea. It is found in Andaman Islands, Borneo, Java, Malaya, Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera and Thailand.[1]

The genus name of Maasia is in honour of Paul Maas (born 1939), a botanist from the Netherlands and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics.[2] It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol. 33 on page 493 in 2008.[1] The name Mosannona Chatrou (1998), Annonaceae, was also named after him.

Species

According to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Maasia Mols, Kessler & Rogstad | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.