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Matayba
Genus of plants
Matayba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Mexico and the Caribbean to Uruguay.
01Species
As of February 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 49 species:
- Matayba adenanthera Radlk.
- Matayba apetala (Griseb.) Radlk.
- Matayba arborescens (Aubl.) Radlk.
- Matayba atropurpurea (Radlk.) Radlk.
- Matayba ayangannensis Acev.-Rodr.
- Matayba boliviana Radlk.
- Matayba camptoneura Radlk.
- Matayba clavelligera Radlk.
- Matayba cristae Reitz
- Matayba discolor Radlk.
- Matayba domingensis (DC.) Radlk.
- Matayba elaeagnoides Radlk.
- Matayba elegans Radlk.
- Matayba floribunda Radlk.
- Matayba glaberrima Radlk.
- Matayba grandis Radlk.
- Matayba guianensis Aubl.
- Matayba heterophylla (Mart.) Radlk.
- Matayba inelegans Radlk.
- Matayba ingifolia Standl.
- Matayba intermedia Radlk.
- Matayba juglandifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Radlk.
- Matayba kavanayena (Steyerm.) Steyerm.
- Matayba kennedyae Croat
- Matayba laevigata Radlk.
- Matayba leucodictya Radlk.
- Matayba livescens (Radlk.) R.L.G.Coelho, V.C.Souza & Ferrucci
- Matayba longipes Radlk.
- Matayba macrocarpa Gereau
- Matayba marginata Radlk.
- Matayba mexicana (Turcz.) Radlk.
- Matayba mollis Radlk.
- Matayba obovata R.L.G.Coelho, V.C.Souza & Ferrucci
- Matayba opaca Radlk.
- Matayba oppositifolia (A.Rich.) Britton
- Matayba pallens Radlk.
- Matayba paucijuga Radlk.
- Matayba peruviana Radlk.
- Matayba ptariana Steyerm.
- Matayba punctata (Cambess.) Radlk.
- Matayba purgans Radlk.
- Matayba robusta Radlk.
- Matayba scrobiculata Radlk.
- Matayba spruceana (Benth.) Radlk.
- Matayba stenodictya Radlk.
- Matayba sylvatica (Casar.) Radlk.
- Matayba talisioides Radlk.
- Matayba verapazensis (Lundell) Lundell
- Matayba yutajensis Steyerm.
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