Maerua

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Maerua cafra04.jpg | taxon = Maerua | authority = Forssk. (1775) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 70; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5968-1 ''Maerua'' Forssk.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 3 December 2023.</ref> |synonyms = *''Courbonia'' {{small|Brongn. (1860)}} *''Niebuhria'' {{small|DC. (1824)}} *''Physanthemum'' {{small|Klotzsch (1861)}} *''Streblocarpus'' {{small|Arn. (1834)}} *''Wiegmannia'' {{small|Hochst. & Steud. (1841)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Maerua''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 70 species of shrubs and small trees with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia.<ref name = koratensis>{{Cite journal|last=Srisanga|first=Prachaya|last2=Muangsan|first2=Nooduan|last3=Choopan|first3=Thiamhathai|last4=Thangthong|first4=Jakrapong|last5=Pratcharoenwanich|first5=Ratchada|last6=Watthana|first6=Santi|date=2021-04-30|title=Maerua koratensis (Capparaceae), a new species from Thailand|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.498.3.7|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=498|issue=3|pages=213–219|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.498.3.7|issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name = powo/>

70 species are accepted:<ref name = powo/> * ''Maerua acuminata'' Oliver * ''Maerua aethiopica'' {{small|(Fenzl) Oliv.}} * ''Maerua andradae'' Wild * ''Maerua angolensis'' DC. * ''Maerua apetala'' {{small|(B.Heyne ex Roth) M.Jacobs}} * ''Maerua arenaria'' {{small|Hook.f. & Thomson}} * ''Maerua baillonii'' {{small|Hadj-Moust.}} * ''Maerua boranensis'' {{small|Chiov.}} * ''Maerua brevipetiolata'' {{small|Killick}} * ''Maerua brunnescens'' Wild * ''Maerua bussei'' {{small|(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) R.Wilczek}} * ''Maerua buxifolia'' {{small|(Welw. ex Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua cafra'' (DC.) Pax * ''Maerua calantha'' {{small|Gilg}} * ''Maerua candida'' {{small|Gilg}} * ''Maerua crassifolia'' Forssk. * ''Maerua cylindrocarpa'' {{small|Hadj-Moust.}} * ''Maerua decumbens'' {{small|(Brongn.) DeWolf}} * ''Maerua denhardtiorum'' {{small|Gilg}} * ''Maerua descampsii'' {{small|De Wild.}} * ''Maerua dewaillyi'' {{small|Aubrév. & Pellegr.}} * ''Maerua duchesnei'' (De Wild.) F.White * ''Maerua edulis'' {{small|(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf}} * ''Maerua elegans'' R.Wilczek * ''Maerua eminii'' {{small|Pax}} * ''Maerua endlichii'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua erlangeriana'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua filiformis'' {{small|Drake}} * ''Maerua friesii'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua gilgiana'' {{small|De Wild.}} * ''Maerua gilgii'' {{small|Schinz}} * ''Maerua gillettii'' {{small|Kers}} * ''Maerua glauca'' {{small|Chiov.}} * ''Maerua grantii'' {{small|Oliv.}} * ''Maerua holstii'' {{small|Pax}} * ''Maerua homblei'' {{small|De Wild.}} * ''Maerua humbertii'' {{small|Hadj-Moust.}} * ''Maerua intricata'' {{small|Kers}} * ''Maerua juncea'' Pax * ''Maerua kaessneri'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua kaokoensis'' {{small|Swanepoel}} * ''Maerua kirkii'' {{small|(Oliv.) F.White}} * ''Maerua koratensis'' {{small|Srisanga & Watthana}}<ref name = koratensis/> * ''Maerua macrantha'' {{small|Gilg}} * ''Maerua mendesii'' {{small|J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino}} * ''Maerua mungaii'' {{small|Beentje}} * ''Maerua nana'' {{small|R.A.Graham ex Polhill}} * ''Maerua nervosa'' {{small|(Hochst.) Oliv.}} * ''Maerua nuda'' {{small|Scott Elliot}} * ''Maerua oblongifolia'' (Forssk.) A.Rich. * ''Maerua paniculata'' {{small|Wild}} * ''Maerua parvifolia'' {{small|Pax}} * ''Maerua pintobastoae'' {{small|J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino}} * ''Maerua polyandra'' {{small|R.A.Graham}} * ''Maerua prittwitzii'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua pseudopetalosa'' {{small|(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf}} * ''Maerua puccionii'' {{small|Chiov.}} * ''Maerua purpurascens'' {{small|Thulin}} * ''Maerua racemulosa'' Gilg & Gilg-Ben. * ''Maerua robynsii'' {{small|R.Wilczek}} * ''Maerua rosmarinoides'' {{small|(Sond.) Hochst. ex Pax}} * ''Maerua salicifolia'' {{small|Wild}} * ''Maerua scandens'' (Klotzsch) Gilg * ''Maerua schinzii'' {{small|Pax}} * ''Maerua schliebenii'' {{small|Gilg-Ben.}} * ''Maerua sessiliflora'' {{small|Gilg}} * ''Maerua siamensis'' {{small|(Kurz) Pax}} * ''Maerua somalensis'' {{small|Pax}} * ''Maerua subcordata'' {{small|(Gilg) DeWolf}} * ''Maerua triphylla'' {{small|A.Rich.}}

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Category:Maerua Category:Taxa named by Peter Forsskål Category:Paleotropical flora Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot