Sapranthus
| Sapranthus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Tribe: | Miliuseae |
| Genus: | Sapranthus Seem. |
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Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae.[1] The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.[2]
Description
[edit]Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals.[3] The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles.[4]
Species
[edit]Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species:[1][5]
- Sapranthus campechianus (Kunth) Standl.
- Sapranthus chiapensis Standl. ex G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus hirsutus van Rooden ex G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus isae J.G.Vélez & Cogollo
- Sapranthus microcarpus (Donn.Sm.) R.E.Fr.
- Sapranthus palanga R.E.Fr.
- Sapranthus violaceus (Dunal) Saff.
- Sapranthus viridiflorus G.E.Schatz
- Sapranthus pinedai Ortiz-Rodriguez
- Sapranthus foetidus (Rosa) Safford
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Sapranthus Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ↑ Seemann, B.C. (1866). "ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OF ANONACEA, FROM CENTRAL AMERICA". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 4: 369.
- ↑ "Sapranthus Seem". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ↑ 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. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q93452857.
- ↑ 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.