# Denhamia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Denhamia oleaster fruit close up.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Denhamia oleaster](/source/Denhamia_oleaster)''
|taxon = Denhamia
|authority = [Meisn.](/source/Carl_Meissner) (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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 1 April 2026.</ref>
}}

'''''Denhamia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of plants within the family [Celastraceae](/source/Celastraceae), with species in [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia).<ref name = powo/> The species inhabit a variety of environments, from [rainforest](/source/rainforest) to semi-arid [savanna](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Denhamia_bilocularis)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia celastroides](/source/Denhamia_celastroides)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) Jessup}}
*''[Denhamia cunninghamii](/source/Denhamia_cunninghamii)'' {{small|(Hook.) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia cupularis](/source/Denhamia_cupularis)'' {{small|(Ding Hou) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia disperma](/source/Denhamia_disperma)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia fasciculiflora](/source/Denhamia_fasciculiflora)'' {{small|(Jessup) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia fournieri](/source/Denhamia_fournieri)'' {{small|(Pancher & Sebert) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia megacarpa](/source/Denhamia_megacarpa)'' {{small|J.J.Halford & Jessup}}
*''[Denhamia moorei](/source/Denhamia_moorei)'' {{small|Jessup}}
*''[Denhamia muelleri](/source/Denhamia_muelleri)'' {{small|(Benth.) Jessup}}
*''[Denhamia obscura](/source/Denhamia_obscura)'' {{small|(A.Rich.) Meisn. ex Walp.}}
*''[Denhamia oleaster](/source/Denhamia_oleaster)'' {{small|(Lindl.) F.Muell.}}
*''[Denhamia parvifolia](/source/Denhamia_parvifolia)'' {{small|L.S.Sm.}}
*''[Denhamia peninsularis](/source/Denhamia_peninsularis)'' {{small|J.J.Halford & Jessup}}
*''[Denhamia pittosporoides](/source/Denhamia_pittosporoides)'' {{small|F.Muell.}}
**''[Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. pittosporoides](/source/Denhamia_pittosporoides_subsp._pittosporoides)''
**''[Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. angustifolia](/source/Denhamia_pittosporoides_subsp._angustifolia)''
*''[Denhamia silvestris](/source/Denhamia_silvestris)'' {{small|(Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P.Simmons}}
*''[Denhamia trichoclada](/source/Denhamia_trichoclada)'' {{small|J.J.Halford}}
*''[Denhamia viridissima](/source/Denhamia_viridissima)'' {{small|F.M.Bailey & F.Muell.}}

==References==
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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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