- Source: Sapranthus
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:
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.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Annonaceae
- Sapranthus
- Sapranthus palanga
- Carrion flower
- Evolutionary anachronism
- Annonaceae
- Manduca dilucida
- Malmeoideae
