Mayaca

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{About|the plant genus|the former indigenous tribe in Florida|Mayaca people}}

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|image_caption = Mayaca fluviatilis
1775 illustrationJean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet (1720–1778) - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Francoise vol. 3 pl. 15 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/361195)

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|taxon = Mayaca

|authority = Aubl.

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|synonyms =

• Biaslia Vand.
• Syena Schreb.
• Coletia Vell.

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Mayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems).Sutton, D. A. & R. Khan. 1994. 258. Mayacaceae. 6: 173–174. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10543 Flora of North America, vol 22, Mayacaceae Kunth ] In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.

The group is widely distributed in Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, as well as in the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and central Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=254237 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Mayaca%20fluviatilis.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for Mayaca fluviatilis]Lourteig, A. 1952. Mayacaceae. Notul. Syst. (Paris. ) 14: 30--33. 1952. Lourteig, A. 1960. Distribution géographique des Mayacacées. Compt. Rend. Sommaire Séances Soc. Biogéogr. 323/2536[323]: 31--35.Thieret, J. W. 1975. The Mayacaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 56: 248--255.