Maasia
Genus of plants
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Maasia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.[1]
| Maasia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malmeoideae |
| Genus: | Maasia Mols, Kessler & Rogstad |
Its native range is Indo-China to New Guinea. It is found in Andaman Islands, Borneo, Java, Malaya, Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera and Thailand.[1]
The genus name of Maasia is in honour of Paul Maas (born 1939), a botanist from the Netherlands and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics.[2] It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol. 33 on page 493 in 2008.[1] The name Mosannona Chatrou (1998), Annonaceae, was also named after him.
Species
According to Kew:[1]
- Maasia discolor (Diels) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
- Maasia glauca (Hassk.) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
- Maasia hypoleuca (Hook.f. & Thomson) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
- Maasia multinervis (Diels) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
- Maasia ovalifolia (Rogstad) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad
- Maasia sumatrana (Miq.) Mols, Kessler & Rogstad