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Annona calcarata

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Annona calcarata is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree endemic to northern Brazil.[2] It is native to inundated forest (Igapó) and terre firme rain forest, where it grows up to 30 meters tall. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Vulnerable.[1]

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Annona calcarata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Annona
Species:
A. calcarata
Binomial name
Annona calcarata
(R.E.Fr.) H.Rainer
Synonyms[2]

Rollinia calcarata R.E.Fr.

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The species was first described as Rollinia calcarata by Robert Elias Fries in 1937. In 2007 Heimo Rainer merged the genus Rollinia into Annona and renamed the species A. calcarata.[2]

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