| Meineckia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Illustration of Meineckia nusbaumeri | |
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[1] | |
| |
Meineckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3]
Meineckia is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.[4] They are native to the Americas, South Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.[1] 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.
- 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 nusbaumeri – Madagascar
- 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 ranirisonii – Madagascar
- Meineckia stipularis – Tanzania
- Meineckia trichogynis – Madagascar
- Meineckia uzungwaensis – Mufindi
- Meineckia vestita – Tanzania
- Meineckia websteri – Madagascar
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 586
- ^ Tropicos, Meineckia Baill.
- ^ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.
- ^ Ralimanana, Hélène (6 September 2017). "Two new species of Meineckia Baill. (Phyllanthaceae) from Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 72 (3): 35. Bibcode:2017KewBu..72...35R. doi:10.1007/s12225-017-9709-2.