The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Magnoliales. Several genera produce edible fruit, most notably Annona, Anonidium, Asimina, Rollinia, and Uvaria. Its type genus is Annona. The family is concentrated in the tropics, with few species found in temperate regions. About 900 species are Neotropical, 450 are Afrotropical, and the remaining are Indomalayan.
Thomas Gordon Hartley was an American botanist.
Mkilua is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya and Tanzania. It contains a single species, Mkilua fragrans. Bernard Verdcourt, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the fragrance of its flowers which smell like lemon. It is commonly called Mkilua Mwitu, Kilua and Kiluwa in Swahili, and Kingade in Digo. Volatile oils extracted from its leaves, flowers, and aerial parts have been reported to be repellent to Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes which are vectors for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bioactive molecules extracted from its roots have been reported to have antimicrobial activity in tests with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus.
Jaques Étienne Gay was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion.
Bolusanthus speciosus is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus Bolusanthus.
Bocagea longipedunculata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius the German botanist and explorer who first formally described the species named it after its long floral stalks.
The Malmeoideae are a subfamily of trees and other plants of the family Annonaceae.
Aguiaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Darcya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.
Grevea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiniaceae.
Emarhendia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species,Emarhendia bettiana(M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt.
Dinklageodoxa is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It contains just 1 species, Dinklageodoxa scandensHeine & Sandwith.
Hoverdenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It only contains one species, Hoverdenia speciosaNees
Ephedranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.
Dendrokingstonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.
Doerpfeldia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. The only species is Doerpfeldia cubensis.
Eokochia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Eokochia saxicola.
Hegnera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. The only species is Hegnera obcordata.
Dutailliopsis gordonii is a species of flowering plants in the monotypic genus of Dutailliopsis and belongs to the family Rutaceae.
Hanburia is a genus of plants in the tribe Sicyoeae of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Venezuela and Peru. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.
