Tricerma Liebmann.
A genus of 5 species, shrubs, of the New World tropics (FL and TX to Argentina). This genus has usually been included in Maytenus, but is morphologically and phylogenetically distinctive (Biral et al. 2017).
Subfamily: Maytenoideae.References: Biral et al. (2017); Lundell (1971); Ma & Levin (2016c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016); McKenna et al. (2011); Nesom (2009d); Simmons In Kubitzki et al. (2004); Simmons, Lombardi, & Biral (2023). Show full citations.
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