Sapranthus

Sapranthus
Sapranthus flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Miliuseae
Genus: Sapranthus
Seem.
Species

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Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.

Description

Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals. The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles.

Species

Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species:

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 "Sapranthus Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. ↑ Seemann, B.C. (1866). "ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OF ANONACEA, FROM CENTRAL AMERICA". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 4: 369.
  3. ↑ "Sapranthus Seem". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. ↑ G. E. Schatz; P. J. M. Maas; H. Maas-Van De Kamer; L. Y. T. Westra; J. J. Wieringa (2018). "Revision of the Neotropical genus Sapranthus (Annonaceae)". Blumea. doi:10.3767/blumea.2018.63.01.06. Wikidata Q93452857. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for G. E. Schatz, P. J. M. Maas, H. Maas-Van De Kamer, L. Y. T. Westra, J. J. Wieringa (help)
  5. ↑ Ortiz-Rodriguez, Andrés Ernesto; Linares, José Ledis (2023-09-05). "Taxonomic Novelties in Sapranthus (Annonaceae): a new large-sized species endemic to the mountain cloud forest of Central America". Brittonia. 75 (4): 369–379. Bibcode:2023Britt..75..369O. doi:10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y. ISSN 0007-196X.