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Maytenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar. The traditional circumscription of Maytenus is paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia, Gymnosporia, Monteverdia, and Tricerma.

Selected species

 * Maytenus abbottii A.E.van Wyk
 * Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.
 * Maytenus boaria Molina (type species)
 * Maytenus buxifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. (West Indies)
 * Maytenus canariensis (Loes.) G. Kunkel & Sunding
 * Maytenus curtissii (King) Ding Hou
 * Maytenus hookeri Loes.
 * Maytenus jamesonii Briq.
 * Maytenus lucidus
 * Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.
 * Maytenus obtusifolia
 * Maytenus octogona
 * Maytenus oleoides Loes.
 * Maytenus oleosa A.E.van Wyk & R.H.Archer
 * Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth. – Florida mayten, guttapercha mayten
 * Maytenus procumbens (L.f.) Loes.
 * Maytenus reynosioides Urb.
 * Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
 * Maytenus vitis-idaea – Indian's salt
 * Maytenus williamsii A.Molina

Undescribed species:
 * Maytenus sp. nov. A Miller (Yemen)

Formerly placed here

 * Denhamia bilocularis (F.Muell.) M.P. Simmons – Orangebark
 * Denhamia cunninghamii (Hook.) M.P. Simmons – Koonkara
 * Denhamia disperma (F.Muell.) M.P. Simmons
 * Denhamia fasciculiflora (Jessup) M.P. Simmons
 * Denhamia ferdinandi (Jessup) M.P. Simmons
 * Denhamia silvestris (Lander & L.A.S.Johnson) M.P. Simmons – Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bush
 * Gymnosporia addat Loes.
 * Gymnosporia austroyunnanensis (S.J. Pei & Y.H. Li) M.P. Simmons
 * Gymnosporia dhofarensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan
 * Gymnosporia diversifolia Maxim. (as M. diversifolia (Maxim.) Ding Hou )
 * Gymnosporia harenensis (Sebsebe) Jordaan
 * Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. (as M. heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N. Robson )
 * Gymnosporia nemorosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Szyszyl. (as M. nemorosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Marais )
 * Gymnosporia rothiana (Walp.) Wight & Arn. ex M.A.Lawson (as M. rothiana (Walp.) Lobr.-Callen )
 * Gymnosporia royleana Wall. ex M.A.Lawson (as M. royleana (Wall. ex M. A. Lawson) Cufod. )
 * Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. (as M. senegalensis (Lam.) Exell )
 * Gymnosporia thomsonii Kurz (as M. thomsonii (Kurz) V.S.Raju & Babu )
 * Monteverdia aquifolia (Mart.) Biral
 * Monteverdia clarendonensis (Britton) Biral
 * Monteverdia crassipes (Urb.) Biral
 * Monteverdia cymosa (Krug & Urban) Biral – Caribbean mayten
 * Monteverdia eggersii (Loes.) Biral
 * Monteverdia elongata (Urban) Biral – Puerto Rico mayten
 * Monteverdia harrisii (Krug & Urb.) Biral
 * Monteverdia ilicifolia (Mart. ex Reissek) Biral
 * Monteverdia jefeana (Lundell) Biral
 * Monteverdia krukovii (A.C. Sm.) Biral
 * Monteverdia laevigata (Vahl) Biral – White cinnamon
 * Monteverdia laevis (Reissek) Biral
 * Monteverdia macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Biral
 * Monteverdia manabiensis (Loes.) Biral
 * Monteverdia matudae (Lundell) Biral
 * Monteverdia microcarpa (Fawc. & Rendle) Biral
 * Monteverdia ponceana (Britt.) Biral
 * Monteverdia quadrangulata (Schrad.) Biral
 * Monteverdia robusta (Reissek) Biral
 * Monteverdia stipitata (Lundell) Biral

Cultivation and uses
Maytenus boaria and Maytenus magellanica are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly tropical genus. The bark of Maytenus krukovii has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of ayahuasca. Plants of this genus contains Maitansine which is used to develop anti-cancer drugs.