Sapranthus

<i>Sapranthus</i>

Sapranthus

Genus of flowering plants

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]

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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.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sapranthus Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. [2]
    Seemann, B.C. (1866). "ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OP ANONACEA,FROM CENTRAL AMERICA". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 4: 369.
  3. [3]
    "Sapranthus Seem". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. [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. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q93452857.
  5. [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. doi:10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y. ISSN 0007-196X.
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