Maasia

Maasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Subfamily:	Malmeoideae
Genus:	Maasia; Mols, Kessler & Rogstad

Maasia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.^[1]

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

References

^ a b c d "Maasia Mols, Kessler & Rogstad | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Maasia Mols, Kessler & Rogstad | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.