| Mauloutchia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Magnoliids | 
| Order: | Magnoliales | 
| Family: | Myristicaceae | 
| Genus: | Mauloutchia (Baill.) Warb.  | 
Mauloutchia is a genus of trees endemic to the lowland eastern and northern rain forests of Madagascar. They can be distinguished by their non-monocyclic androecium with anthers basifixed and borne on short filaments.[1]
Species
According to the most recent revision of the genus[1] there are ten accepted species:
- Mauloutchia annickiae Sauquet
 - Mauloutchia capuronii Sauquet
 - Mauloutchia chapelieri (Baill.) Warb.
 - Mauloutchia coriacea Capuron
 - Mauloutchia echinocarpa Capuron ex Sauquet
 - Mauloutchia heckelii Capuron
 - Mauloutchia humboltii (H. Perrier) Capuron
 - Mauloutchia parvifolia Capuron
 - Mauloutchia rarabe (H. Perrier) Capuron
 - Mauloutchia sambiranensis (Capuron) Sauquet
 
References
- 1 2 Sauquet, Hervé (2004). "Systematic revision of Myristicaceae (Magnoliales) in Madagascar, with four new species of Mauloutchia". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146 (3): 351–368. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00343.x. ISSN 1095-8339.
 
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