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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Mairetis I.M.Johnst. |
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Mairetis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It only contains one known species, Mairetis microsperma (Boiss.) I.M.Johnst.
It is native to the Canary Islands and Morocco.
The genus name of Mairetis is in honour of René Maire (1878–1949), a French botanist and mycologist. The Latin specific epithet of microsperma means 'micro' meaning small and 'sperma' the Greek word for seed. Both the genus and species were first described and published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.34 on page 4 in 1953.
References
- "Mairetis I.M.Johnst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Mairetis microsperma (Boiss.) I.M.Johnst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 October 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.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
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| Mairetis | |
| Mairetis microsperma | |