Microtropis Explained

Microtropis is a genus of plant in the family Celastraceae. There are about 70 species.^[1] They are trees and shrubs, evergreen or deciduous, with oppositely arranged leaves and white or yellowish flowers.^[2] Microtropis are distributed in Asia, Africa, and Central America.

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Microtropis apiculata
• Microtropis argentea
• Microtropis beddomei
• Microtropis biflora
• Microtropis bivalvis
• Microtropis cerocarpa
• Microtropis chaffanjonii
• Microtropis chlorocarpa
• Microtropis crassifolia
• Microtropis curranii
• Microtropis daweishanensis
• Microtropis dehuaensis
• Microtropis discolor
• Microtropis elliptica
• Microtropis fallax
• Microtropis fascicularis
• Microtropis fokienensis
• Microtropis gagei
• Microtropis gracilipes
• Microtropis grandifolia
• Microtropis henryi
• Microtropis hexandra
• Microtropis japonica
• Microtropis keningauensis
• Microtropis kinabaluensis
• Microtropis lanceolata
• Microtropis latifolia
• Microtropis longicarpa
• Microtropis longifolia
• Microtropis macrocarpa
• Microtropis malipoensis
• Microtropis microcarpa
• Microtropis obliquinervia
• Microtropis obscurinervia
• Microtropis oligantha
• Microtropis osmanthoides
• Microtropis ovata
• Microtropis pallens
• Microtropis paucinervia
• Microtropis petelotii
• Microtropis platyphylla
• Microtropis pyramidalis
• Microtropis ramiflora
• Microtropis reticulata
• Microtropis rhynchocarpa
• Microtropis rigida
• Microtropis sabahensis
• Microtropis sarawakensis
• Microtropis scottii
• Microtropis semipaniculata
• Microtropis shenzhenensis
• Microtropis sphaerocarpa
• Microtropis stocksii
• Microtropis submembranacea
• Microtropis sumatrana
• Microtropis tenuis
• Microtropis tetragona
• Microtropis tetrameris
• Microtropis thyrsiflora
• Microtropis triflora
• Microtropis valida
• Microtropis wallichiana
• Microtropis wui
• Microtropis xizangensis
• Microtropis zeylanica

Notes and References

1. Lin, Q. W., & Zhang, Z. X. (2010, April). Microtropis longicarpa and M. daweishanensis (Celastraceae), two new species from Yunnan, China. Annales Botanici Fennici Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 141-147.
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120689 Microtropis.