348.0000
Family
Capparaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. 242 (1789), nom. cons.
33 genera, ca. 430 spp.
Species listed in database: 438
348.0201
Genus
Maerua Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 104 (1775)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa , W-Asia eastward to India
Species listed in database: 70
= Courbonia Brongn.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 901 (1860)
= Meeboldia Pax & K.Hoffm.; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Aufl. 2, xvii b. 187 (1936)
= Niebuhria DC.; Prodr. 1: 243 (1824)
= Physanthemum Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 167. I. 29 (1861)
= Streblocarpus Arn.; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. II. 2: 235 (1834)
= Wiegmannia Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 787 (1841)
species :
Maerua acuminata
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 85 (1868)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; ?N-Mozambique
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua urophylla Gilg-Ben.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 274 (1936)
species :
Maerua aethiopica
(Fenzl) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 85 (1868)
Distribution: N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; SW-Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; N-Mozambique
23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua cerasicarpa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 227 (1903)
= Maerua sphaerogyna Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 244 (1915)
= Niebuhria aethiopica Fenzl; Sitzb. Acad. Wien, Math.-Nat. 51: Abth. II. 141 (1865)
species :
Maerua andradae
Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 41 (1958)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Maerua angolensis
DC.; Prodr. 1: 254 (1824)
subspecies :
subsp. angolensis
Name: Bead-bean Tree
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; N-Yemen
22 BEN BKN GAM GUI MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua angolensis var. heterophylla Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 86 (1868)
= Maerua angolensis var. subtomentosa R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 186 (1950)
= Maerua bukobensis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 255 (1915)
= Maerua currorii Hook.f.; Niger Fl. [W. J. Hook.]. 218. (1849)
= Maerua emarginata Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 857. (1897)
= Maerua floribunda Fenzl; Flora 27(1): 312 (1844), nomen
= Maerua lucida Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 33 (1847)
= Maerua retusa Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 33 (1847)
= Maerua senegalensis R.Br.; Narr. Travels Africa [Denham & Clapperton] Append. 22: 227 (1826), et ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 286 (1831)
= Maerua tomentosa Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(3): 305 (1891)
variant :
var. africana
Kers; Novon 3(1): 54 (1993)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
subspecies :
subsp. socotrana
(Schweinf. ex Balf.f.) Kers; Novon 3(1): 54 (1993)
Distribution: Samha Isl.; Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua angolensis var. socotrana Schweinf. ex Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 402 (1884)
= Maerua socotrana (Schweinf. ex Balf.f.) Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 228 (1903)
species :
Maerua apetala
(B.Heyne ex Roth) M.Jacobs; Blumea 12: 207 (1964)
Distribution: S-India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis apetala B.Heyne ex Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp.: 238 (1821)
= Capparis linifolia Roxb.; Hort. Bengal.: 41 (1814), nom. nud.
= Crateva apetala (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 448 (1825)
= Crateva linearis (Voigt) F.Dietr.; Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 3: 184 (1834)
= Niebuhria apetala (B.Heyne ex Roth) Dunn; Gamble, Fl. Madras: 41 (1915)
= Niebuhria linifolia (Roxb.) Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calc. 74 (1845)
species :
Maerua baillonii
Hadj-Moust.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, ciii. 474 (1957)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Juan de Nova Isl.)
29 COM MCI MDG
species :
Maerua boranensis
Chiov.; Atti R. Accad. It., Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. etc. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 18(1940)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1936
species :
Maerua brevipetiolata
Killick; Bothalia 10: 65 (1969)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
species :
Maerua brunnescens
Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 42 (1958)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Maerua bussei
(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) R.Wilczek; Fl. Zairee & Ruanda-Urundi 2: 494 (1951)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; NE-Zambia
23 ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis bussei Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 200 (1915)
= Courbonia bussei (Gilg) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 219 (1915)
species :
Maerua buxifolia
(Welw. ex Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 249 (1915)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana
26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua crassifolia var. buxifolia (Welw.) Hiern
= Maerua rigida var. buxifolia Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 86 (1868)
= Maerua rigida var. virgata Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 86 (1868)
= Maerua welwitschii Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 250 (1915)
species :
Maerua cafra
(Burch. ex DC.) Pax; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 6 234 (1891)
Name: Common Bush-cherry
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Astove Isl.); Seychelles [I]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 ALD COM sey
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis triphylla Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 92 (1800)
= Maerua dupontii Hemsl.; J. Bot. 54: Suppl. 2, 2 (1916)
= Maerua triphylla (Thunb.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 168 (1898), nom. illeg.
= Niebuhria avicularis Burch. ex DC.; Prodr. 1: 243 (1824)
= Niebuhria cafra DC.; Prodr. 1: 243 (1824)
= Niebuhria triphylla (Thunb.) H.L.Wendl.; Bartl. & Wendl., Beitr. Bot. 2: 29 (1825)
species :
Maerua calantha
Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 225 (1903)
Distribution: Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Maerua candida
Gilg; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 96 (1895)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; S-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Maerua caudata
Pax; Bot. Jahrb. 14: 305 (1892)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: Status uncertain
species :
Maerua crassifolia
Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. CXIII et 104 (1775)
Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran); Israel (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert); Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
20 ALG EGY LBY MOR WSA 22 BKN GAM MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 34 IRN ISR SIN 35 BAR OMA SAU UAE YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua hirtella Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 83 (1929)
= Maerua meyeri-johannis Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 225 (1914)
= Maerua rigida R.Br.; D. Denham & H. Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix 226 (1826), et ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. 1: 286 (1831)
= Maerua uguenensis Gilg ex Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 251 (1915)
species :
Maerua cylindrocarpa
Hadj-Moust.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 103: 473 (1957)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua arenaria var. madagascariensis O.Hoffm.; Sert. Pl. Madagasc.: 5 (1881)
species :
Maerua decumbens
(Brongn.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 19: 62 (1964)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Courbonia brevipilosa Gilg; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 92 (1898)
= Courbonia decumbens Brongn.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 901 (1860)
species :
Maerua denhardtiorum
Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 227 (1903)
Distribution: S-Somalia; Kenya
24 SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis deckenii Chiov.; Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 21 (1916)
= Maerua deckenii (Chiov.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala, II. 8 (1932)
= Maerua macrocarpa Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 84 (1929)
species :
Maerua descampsii
De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 4, [1(3): 180 (1903)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Maerua dewaillyi
Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 59 (1950)
Distribution: Mali; Burkina Faso
22 BKN MLI
species :
Maerua duchesnei
(De Wild.) F.White; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 35 (1958)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda
22 BEN GHA GNB IVO NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis afzelii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 299 (1891), nom. illeg.
= Capparis afzelii var. buvumensis Baker f.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 122 (1905)
= Capparis duchesnei De Wild.; Miss. Ém. Laurent: 87 (1905)
= Capparis duchesnei var. parvifolia Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 193 (1950)
= Capparis duchesnei var. sapinii Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 194 (1950)
= Capparis persicoides A.Chev.; Fl. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 170 (1938)
= Ritchiea duchesnei (De Wild.) Keay; Kew Bull. 1952: 161 (1952)
= Ritchiea persicifolia Schinz ex A.Chev.; Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 17 (1913), nom. nud.
species :
Maerua edulis
(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Courbonia bussei Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 219 (1915)
= Courbonia calothamna Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 221 (1915)
= Courbonia camporum Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 220 (1915)
= Courbonia edulis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 218 (1915)
= Courbonia glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 221 (1915) non Maerua glauca Chiov.
= Courbonia prunicarpa Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 219 (1915)
= Maerua camporum Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 257 (1915)
= Physanthemum glaucum Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 167. I. 29 (1861) (non Maerua glauca Chiov.)
species :
Maerua elegans
R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 186 (1950)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1947
species :
Maerua eminii
Pax; Bot. Jahrb. 14: 304 (1892)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua stuhlmannii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(3): 303 (1891)
species :
Maerua endlichii
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 249 (1915)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; ?Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; NE-Zambia
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM
species :
Maerua erlangeriana
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 255 (1915)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Maerua filiformis
Drake; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par., 37 (1903)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Maerua friesii
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Expeol. 1911-12 1: 53 (1914)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua monticola Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 260 (1915)
species :
Maerua gilgiana
De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. IV. 180 (1903)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1900
species :
Maerua gilgii
Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. 3: 668 (1903)
Name: River Bush-cherry
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Boscia angustifolia Harv.; Harv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1(Add.): 19 (1860), nom. illeg.
= Maerua angustifolia (Harv.) Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(App. 3): 97 (1897), nom. illeg.
= Maerua stenophylla Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 246 (1911)
= Niebuhria angustifolia Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 12 (1868)
species :
Maerua gillettii
Kers; Novon 3(1): 53 (1993)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN
species :
Maerua glauca
Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan.-Paoli Somal. It. 1: 16 (1916)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia; E-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua gorinii Chiov.; Fl. Somala, II. 8 (1932)
species :
Maerua grantii
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 84 (1868)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; N-Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Maerua holstii
Pax; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 187 (1895)
Distribution: Somalia; E-Kenya; E-Tanzania
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN
species :
Maerua homblei
De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 540 (1913)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Maerua humbertii
Hadj-Moust.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, ciii. 473 (1957)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Maerua intricata
Kers; Novon 3(1): 50 (1993)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Maerua juncea
Pax; Bot. Jahrb. 14: 302 (1892)
subspecies :
subsp. juncea
Distribution: Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana
25 TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua angustifolia Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: 48 (1888), nom. illeg.
= Maerua flagellaris (Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 244 (1915)
= Maerua guerichii Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 305 (1891)
= Maerua kassakalla De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 179 (1903)
= Maerua maschonica Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 240 (1915)
= Maerua nervosa var. flagellaris Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 84 (1868)
= Maerua ramosissima Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 227 (1903)
subspecies :
subsp. crustata
(Wild) Wild; Fl. Mocamb., 12 (Capparac.): 27 (1973)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua flagellaris subsp. crustata Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 48 (1958)
species :
Maerua kaessneri
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 248 (1915)
Distribution: Somalia; Kenya
24 SOM 25 KEN
species :
Maerua kaokoensis
Swanepoel; Bothalia 36(1): 81 (2006)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Maerua kirkii
(Oliv.) F.White; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 33 (1958)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis kirkii Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 98 (1868)
species :
Maerua koratensis
Srisanga & Watthana; Phytotaxa 498(3): 215 (2021)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Maerua macrantha
Gilg; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 95 (1896)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Maerua mendesii
J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino; Blumea 59(1): 23 (2014)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Maerua mungaii
Beentje; Kew Bull. 44(4): 744 (1989)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Maerua nana
R.A.Graham ex Polhill; Kew Bull. 19: 61 (1964)
Distribution: ?Uganda; Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Maerua nervosa
(Hochst.) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 84 (1868)
Name: Natal Bush-cherry
Distribution: Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua floribunda Sim; Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. 10 (1909)
= Maerua nervosa (Hochst.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 244 (1915), isonym
= Maerua scandens (Klotzsch) Müll.Berol.; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 165 (1861)
= Maerua scandens (Klotzsch) Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 223 (1903), isonym
= Maerua scandens (Klotzsch) Müll.Berol. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 2: 144 (1894)
= Niebuhria nervosa Hochst.; Flora 27: 289 (1844)
= Streblocarpus scandens Klotzsch; Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 165 (1861)
species :
Maerua nuda
Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 29: 2 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Maerua oblongifolia
(Forssk.) A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32, t. 6 (1847)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Benin; ?Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz); Oman; Yemen (Aden Desert, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan (Sind, Waziristan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); India (widespread); Sri Lanka
20 EGY 22 BEN BKN IVO MLI NGA SEN 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN UGA 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis heteroclita Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 41 (1814), Fl. Ind. 2: 570 (1832)
= Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 277 (1840)
= Capparis mithridatica Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 99 (1775)
= Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 99 (1775)
= Crateva oblongifolia (Forssk.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 448 (1825)
= Maerua albomarginata Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 259 (1915)
= Maerua amphilahensis A.Terracc.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 114 (1894)
= Maerua angustifolia A.Rich.; Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 29 (1831)
= Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 171 (1872)
= Maerua arenaria var. glabra Hook.f. & Thomson
= Maerua arenaria var. scabra Hook.f. & Thomson
= Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 259 (1915)
= Maerua dolichobotrys Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 258 (1915)
= Maerua erythreae Gilg & Gilg-Ben. ex Engl.; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 253 (1915), nom. nud.
= Maerua lanzae Fiori; Agric Colon. 5: 49 (1911)
= Maerua oblongifolia var. amphilahensis (A.Terracc.) Pirotta; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 266 (1908)
= Maerua oblongifolia var. glabra (Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair; Rec. Bot. Surv. India, 21(1: Fl. Punjab Plains): 19 (1978)
= Maerua oblongifolia var. mithridatica (Forssk.) Pirotta; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 266 (1908)
= Maerua oblongifolia var. scabra (Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair; Rec. Bot. Surv. India, 21(1: Fl. Punjab Plains): 20 (1978)
= Maerua ovalifolia (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 22. t. 24 (1843)
= Maerua racemosa Lanza; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 76 (1909), nom. illeg.
= Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1932, Ser. 2(4): 584 (1932)
= Maerua scabra (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 22. t. 23 (1843)
= Maerua scebelensis Chiov.; Nuov. Giorn. Bot. It. n. s. 34: 841 (1927)
= Maerua virgata Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 226 (1903) non Courbonia virgata Brongn.
= Maerua virgata var. glabra R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 187 (1950)
= Niebuhria arenaria DC.; Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
= Niebuhria oblongifolia (Forssk.) DC.; Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
= Streblocarpus angustifolia (A.Rich.) Endl. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
= Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forssk.) Endl. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
= Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
= Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
species :
Maerua paniculata
Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 43 (1958)
Distribution: N-Zambia
26 ZAM
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1933
species :
Maerua parvifolia
Pax; Bot. Jahrb. 14: 303 (1892) in obs., et 19: 135 (1894)
Distribution: South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua harmsiana Gilg; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 187 (1895)
= Maerua hirticaulis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 251 (1915)
= Maerua legatii Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 225 (1924)
= Maerua skeneae Briq.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 396 (1914)
= Maerua trichophylla Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(3-4): 311 (1901)
species :
Maerua pintobastoae
J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino; Blumea 59(1): 21 (2014)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Maerua polyandra
R.A.Graham; Kew Bull 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Maerua prittwitzii
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 254 (1915)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua rhodesiana Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 32: 44 (1958)
species :
Maerua pseudopetalosa
(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; NW-Kenya
22 BEN BKN GHA MLI NGA SEN 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Courbonia pseudopetalosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 217 (1915)
= Courbonia virgata Brongn.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 901 (1860) non Maerua virgata Gilg
species :
Maerua puccionii
Chiov.; Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, Ser. IV. 7: (Fl. Somala, III) 119 (1936)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Remarks: Status uncertain
species :
Maerua purpurascens
Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 12(4): 423 (1992)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1983
species :
Maerua racemulosa
(A.DC.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 252 (1915)
Name: Forest Bush-cherry
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Boscia caffra Sond.; Linnaea 23: 8 (1850)
= Boscia undulata (L.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 610 (1916 publ. 1917), nom. illeg.
= Capparis racemulosa A.DC.; Prodr. 1: 248 (1824)
= Capparis undulata Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 14 (1835)
= Maerua pedunculosa (Hochst.) Sim; For. Fl. Cape Col. 122 (1907)
= Maerua undulata (Zeyh. ex Sond.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 169 (1898)
= Niebuhria acutifolia E.Mey.; Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 144 (1843)
= Niebuhria pedunculosa Hochst.; Flora 27: 289 (1844)
= Niebuhria undulata Zeyh. ex Sond.; Linnaea 23: 8 (1850)
species :
Maerua robynsii
R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 188 (1950)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Maerua rosmarinoides
(Sond.) Hochst. ex Pax; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3: II. 234 (1891)
Name: Needle-leaved Bushberry
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Niebuhria rosmarinoides Sond.; Linnaea 23: 7 (1850)
species :
Maerua salicifolia
Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 32: 46 (1958)
Distribution: Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
species :
Maerua schinzii
Pax; Bot. Jahrb. 14: 303 (1892) in obs, et 19: 136 (1894)
Name: Ringwood Tree
Distribution: Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
26 MOZ 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua arenicola Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 228 (1903)
species :
Maerua schliebenii
Gilg-Ben.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 273 (1936)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; NE-Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Maerua sessiliflora
Gilg; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 96 (1895)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Maerua siamensis
(Kurz) Pax; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Aufl. 2, xvii b. 196 (1936)
Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Crateva mucronata (Kuntze) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 38 (1891)
= Crateva mucronulata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 38 (1891)
= Maerua decandra (Gagnep.) Pax; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Aufl. 2, xvii b. 196 (1936)
= Maerua mucronata (Kuntze) F.N.Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 24 (1905)
= Niebuhria decandra Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 323 (1908))
= Niebuhria mucronata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 38 (1891)
= Niebuhria siamensis Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 1: 59 (1877)
species :
Maerua somalensis
Pax; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 2 (1891) 235, et in Bot. Jahrb. 14: 304 (1892)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Maerua subcordata
(Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Courbonia subcordata Gilg; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 92 (1895)
= Courbonia nummularifolia Mattei; (1908)
= Courbonia tubulosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 220 (1915)
species :
Maerua thomsonii
T.Anderson; J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5: Suppl. 1: 5 (1860)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Djibouti; N-Somalia; Yemen (SW-Yemen)
24 DJI ETH SOM 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua arabica J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 827 (1791)
= Maerua uniflora Vahl; Symb. Bot. 1: 36 (1790) (nom. illeg.)
= Wiegmannia arabica (J.F.Gmel.) Hochst. & Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 787 (1841)
species :
Maerua triphylla
A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32, t. 7 (1847)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 DJI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Crateva avicularis Burch. ex DC.; Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
= Crateva caffra Burch. ex DC.; Prodr. 1: 243 (1824)
= Maerua jasminifolia Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 245 (1915)
= Maerua ternata T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [T. A. Durand & H. Schinz] 1(2): 168 (1898)
= Maerua trachycarpa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 224 (1903)
= Maerua trichocarpa Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 256 (1915)
= Maerua variifolia Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. 53: 247 (1915)
variant :
var. calophylla
(Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Yemen (N-Yemen)
24 DJI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boscia holstii Pax; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 40 (1894)
= Maerua calophylla Gilg; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 187 (1895)
= Maerua pirottae Gilg; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 96 (1895)
= Maerua sphaerocarpa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 226 (1903)
variant :
var. johannis
(Volkens & Gilg) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Somalia; Yemen (W-Yemen)
23 ZAI 24 ETH SOM 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua becquetii R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 187 (1950)
= Maerua campicola Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 246 (1915)
= Maerua erythrantha Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 242 (1915)
= Maerua goetzeana Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 224 (1903)
= Maerua hoehnelii Schweinf. ex Engl.; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891 2: 227 (1891), nomen, et v. Hoehnel, Reise Rudolfsee, 868 (1892), descr.
= Maerua johannis Volkens & Gilg; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 187 (1895)
= Maerua pachystigma Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 242 (1915)
= Maerua retusa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 223 (1903)
= Maerua stenogyna Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 243 (1915)
= Maerua vitis-idaeifolia Chiov.; Racc. Bot. 4 (1935)
variant :
var. pubescens
(Klotzsch) DeWolf; Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 215 (1922)
= Maerua bequaertii var. variifolia De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 216 (1922)
= Maerua cylindricarpa Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 241 (1915), nom. superfl.
= Maerua mildbraedii Gilg; Mildbr., Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 218 (1911)
= Maerua pubescens (Klotzsch) Müll.Berol. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 2: 144 (1894)
= Maerua racemosa Sim; Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 9 (1909), nom. illeg.
= Streblocarpus pubescens Klotzsch; Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 166 (1861)
