Maranthes

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Maranthes polyandra MS3969.jpg

| image_caption = Maranthes polyandra

| taxon = Maranthes

| authority = Blume

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Exitelia Blume

• Grymania C.Presl

}}

Maranthes is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1825.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/428215#page/92/mode/1up Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 89] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013596 Tropicos, Maranthes Blume ]Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 320: 1–184.

Maranthes is native to tropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and various oceanic islands.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=354399 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Species

1. Maranthes aubrevillei {{Au|(Pellegr.) Prance ex F.White}} - W Africa
2. Maranthes chrysophylla {{Au|(Oliv.) Prance ex F.White}} - W + C Africa
3. Maranthes corymbosa {{Au|Blume}} - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Papuasia, Philippines, Palau
4. Maranthes floribunda {{Au|(Baker) F.White}} - C Africa
5. Maranthes gabunensis {{Au|(Engl.) Prance}} - C Africa
6. Maranthes glabra {{Au|(Oliv.) Prance}} - W + C Africa
7. Maranthes goetzeniana {{Au|(Engl.) Prance}} - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
8. Maranthes kerstingii {{Au|(Engl.) Prance ex F.White}} - W + C Africa
9. Maranthes panamensis {{Au|(Standl.) Prance & F.White}} - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
10. Maranthes polyandra {{Au|(Benth.) Prance}} - from Ivory Coast to South Sudan
11. Maranthes robusta {{Au|(Oliv.) Prance ex F.White}} - W Africa
12. Maranthes sanagensis {{Au|F.White}} - Cameroon