Sapranthus

Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Magnoliids
Order:Magnoliales
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Sapranthus
Sapranthus flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Miliuseae
Genus: Sapranthus
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Description

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

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

  • 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.

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