{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Denhamia oleaster fruit close up.jpg |image_caption = ''Denhamia oleaster'' |taxon = Denhamia |authority = Meisn. (1837) |synonyms = ''Leucocarpum'' {{small|A.Rich. (1834)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331546-2 ''Denhamia'' Meisn.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 April 2026.</ref> }}
'''''Denhamia''''' is a genus of plants within the family Celastraceae, with species in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.<ref name = powo/> The species inhabit a variety of environments, from rainforest to semi-arid savanna. All species grow as shrubs or small trees up to 10 metres in height. 18 species are currently accepted.<ref name = powo/> Based on a molecular and morphological analysis, the genus was enlarged in 2011 to include several Australian and Pacific island species formerly classified as ''Maytenus'' – ''Denhamia bilocularis, D. cunninghamii, D. cupularis, D. disperma, D. fasciculiflora, D. ferdinandii, D.fournieri'', and ''D. silvestris''.<ref>McKenna, M. J., Simmons, M. P., Bacon, C. D., & Lombardi, J. A. (2011). Delimitation of the Segregate Genera of Maytenus s. 1. (Celastraceae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Characters. ''Systematic Botany'', 36(4), 922–932. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41416908</ref>
==Species== 18 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Denhamia bilocularis'' {{small|(F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia celastroides'' {{small|(F.Muell.) Jessup}} *''Denhamia cunninghamii'' {{small|(Hook.) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia cupularis'' {{small|(Ding Hou) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia disperma'' {{small|(F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia fasciculiflora'' {{small|(Jessup) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia fournieri'' {{small|(Pancher & Sebert) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia megacarpa'' {{small|J.J.Halford & Jessup}} *''Denhamia moorei'' {{small|Jessup}} *''Denhamia muelleri'' {{small|(Benth.) Jessup}} *''Denhamia obscura'' {{small|(A.Rich.) Meisn. ex Walp.}} *''Denhamia oleaster'' {{small|(Lindl.) F.Muell.}} *''Denhamia parvifolia'' {{small|L.S.Sm.}} *''Denhamia peninsularis'' {{small|J.J.Halford & Jessup}} *''Denhamia pittosporoides'' {{small|F.Muell.}} **''Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. pittosporoides'' **''Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. angustifolia'' *''Denhamia silvestris'' {{small|(Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P.Simmons}} *''Denhamia trichoclada'' {{small|J.J.Halford}} *''Denhamia viridissima'' {{small|F.M.Bailey & F.Muell.}}
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Category:Denhamia Category:Celastraceae genera Category:Flora of the Australasian realm Category:Plants described in 1837 Category:Taxa named by Carl Meissner
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