Maprounea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Maprounea guianensis.jpg

|image_caption = Maprounea guianensis

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Maprounea

|authority = Aubl.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Aegopicron Giseke

• Aegopricon L.f.
• Aegopricum L.

}}

Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/361649#page/276/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 895, t. 342] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013528 Tropicos, Maprounea Aubl.] It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=120516|title = World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archivedate=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroWebster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144

;Species

1. Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
2. Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
3. Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
4. Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
5. Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire

;Formerly included

moved to Mabea

• Maprounea glauca - Mabea taquari