Meineckia
Meineckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.
| Meineckia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Poranthereae |
| Genus: | Meineckia Baill. |
| Type species | |
| Meineckia phyllanthoides | |
| Synonyms | |
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Meineckia is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. They are native to the Americas, South Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. The genus is particularly well represented in Madagascar. Species of Meineckia may be monoecious or dioecious. They are trees or shrubs, or rarely, they are subherbaceous.
- Species
- Meineckia acuminata – Morogoro
- Meineckia baronii – NW Madagascar
- Meineckia bartlettii – Jalisco, Chiapas, Belize, Honduras
- Meineckia calycina – Anamalai Hills
- Meineckia capillipes – Guatemala, Honduras
- Meineckia cerebroides – SE Madagascar
- Meineckia decaryi – Madagascar
- Meineckia filipes – Socotra
- Meineckia fruticans – Kenya, Tanzania
- Meineckia gracilipes – SE Madagascar
- Meineckia grandiflora – Ulanga, Lindi
- Meineckia humbertii – SW Madagascar
- Meineckia leandrii – W Madagascar
- Meineckia longipes – SW India
- Meineckia macropus – Mishmi Hills
- Meineckia madagascariensis – E Madagascar
- Meineckia neogranatensis – Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil
- Meineckia nguruensis – Nguru
- Meineckia orientalis – E Madagascar
- Meineckia ovata – Teita
- Meineckia parvifolia – S India, Sri Lanka
- Meineckia paxii – Lushoto
- Meineckia peltata – Madagascar
- Meineckia phyllanthoides – C + E Africa, Oman, Yemen
- Meineckia pubiflora – SW Madagascar
- Meineckia stipularis – Tanzania
- Meineckia trichogynis – Madagascar
- Meineckia uzungwaensis – Mufindi
- Meineckia vestita – Tanzania
- Meineckia websteri – Madagascar
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