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Maesa
Maesa is a genus of flowering plants. It is now generally placed in the family Primulaceae, but has been placed previously in Myrsinaceae, or in a family of its own, Maesaceae. There are about 100 species, the majority of which occur in Malesia, New Guinea, western Asia and the Pacific Islands.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Taiwan Maesa
speciesMaesa perlarius
Japanese Maesa
speciesMaesa japonica
False Assegai
speciesMaesa lanceolata
Maesa indica
speciesMaesa indica
Maesa lanyuensis
speciesMaesa lanyuensis
Dwarf False-Assegai
speciesMaesa alnifolia
Maesa novocaledonica
speciesMaesa novocaledonica
Maesa chisia
speciesMaesa chisia
Maesa dependens
speciesMaesa dependens
Maesa montana
speciesMaesa montana
Maesa sumatrana
speciesMaesa sumatrana
Maesa walkeri
speciesMaesa walkeri
Maesa haplobotrys
speciesMaesa haplobotrys
Maesa balansae
speciesMaesa balansae
Maesa rugosa
speciesMaesa rugosa
Maesa ramentacea
speciesMaesa ramentacea
Maesa permollis
speciesMaesa permollis
Maesa jaffrei
speciesMaesa jaffrei
Maesa denticulata
speciesMaesa denticulata
Maesa salicifolia
speciesMaesa salicifolia
Maesa insignis
speciesMaesa insignis
Maesa tabacifolia
speciesMaesa tabacifolia
Maesa leptobotrya
speciesMaesa leptobotrya
Maesa acuminatissima
speciesMaesa acuminatissima
Maesa latifolia
speciesMaesa latifolia
Maesa purpureohirsuta
speciesMaesa purpureohirsuta
Maesa argentea
speciesMaesa argentea
Maesa robinsonii
speciesMaesa robinsonii
Maesa procera
speciesMaesa procera
Maesa membranacea
speciesMaesa membranacea
Maesa andamanica
speciesMaesa andamanica
Maesa hupehensis
speciesMaesa hupehensis
Maesa cavinervis
speciesMaesa cavinervis
Maesa tetrandra
speciesMaesa tetrandra
Maesa oligotricha
speciesMaesa oligotricha
Maesa paniculata
speciesMaesa paniculata
Maesa impressinervis
speciesMaesa impressinervis
Maesa carolinensis
speciesMaesa carolinensis
Maesa velutina
speciesMaesa velutina
Maesa arunachalensis
speciesMaesa arunachalensis
Maesa amplexicaulis
speciesMaesa amplexicaulis
Maesa ambigua
speciesMaesa ambigua
Maesa ambrymensis
speciesMaesa ambrymensis
Maesa aneiteensis
speciesMaesa aneiteensis
Maesa argyrophylla
speciesMaesa argyrophylla
Maesa aubertii
speciesMaesa aubertii
Maesa augustini
speciesMaesa augustini
Maesa papuana
speciesMaesa papuana
Maesa pickeringii
speciesMaesa pickeringii
Maesa arborea
speciesMaesa arborea
Maesa palauensis
speciesMaesa palauensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 186025.