Maoutia

This article is about a genus of plants in the family Urticaceae. For the genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, see Oxera.

Maoutia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Cecropieae
Genus: Maoutia
Wedd.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Lecanocnide Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: t. 12 (1856), nom. nud.
Robinsoniodendron Merr., Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 204 (1917)

Maoutia is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the nettle family (Urticaceae).[3]

It is native to Malesia and the South Pacific. It is found in Fiji, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna Islands.[2]

The genus name of Maoutia is in honour of Emmanuel Le Maout (1799–1877), who was a French naturalist.[4]

Description

The leaves are alternate. The inflorescence branches dichotomously (i.e. it repeatedly divides into two) and the flowers are arranged in small clusters. The pistillate ("female") flowers have very small petals. Maoutia species resemble those of Leucosyke and Debregeasia.[3]

Species

As of September 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species;[2]

References

  1. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Maoutia", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2014-09-16
  2. ^ a b c "Maoutia Wedd". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (2009). "Urticaceae for the non-specialist: Identification in the Flora Malesiana region, Indochina and Thailand". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 54 (1): 233–241. doi:10.3767/000651909X476210.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


Stub icon

This Urticaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.