| Afroguatteria | |
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| Infructescence of Afroguatteria discostigma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Annonoideae |
| Tribe: | Uvarieae |
| Genus: | Afroguatteria Boutique [1] [2] |
| Type species | |
| Afroguatteria bequaertii Boutique [3] | |
Afroguatteria is a small genus of vines in the family Annonaceae, native to Cabinda, Cameroon and Zaire in west Africa. [1]
As of January 2025 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 3 species: [1]
The genus was first described and published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles in 1951. [1]
The genus name of Afroguatteria is in honour of Giambattista Guatteri (1739–1793), an Italian professor of botany in Parma, [4] and the continent, where the plants were found, 'Afro' - africa.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [5]