Martretia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Antidesmateae
Subtribus: Martretiinae
Genus: Martretia
Species: M. quadricornis
Name

Martretia Beille, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 145: 1294. (1907)

monotypic taxon

References

Beille, L. 1907. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 145: 64.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Martretia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Martretia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Martretia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Apr. 2020.

Martretia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Martretia quadricornis, native to western and central Africa from Sierra Leone to Zaire.[3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]
References

Beille, Lucien. 1907. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 145: 1294 in French
Tropicos, Martretia Beille
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.