Sapranthus

Sapranthus
Sapranthus flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Tribe:	Miliuseae
Genus:	Sapranthus Seem.
Species
See text.

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]

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. "Sapranthus Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
2. Seemann, B.C. (1866). "ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OF ANONACEA, FROM CENTRAL AMERICA". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 4: 369.
3. "Sapranthus Seem". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
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. 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. 75 (4): 369–379. Bibcode:2023Britt..75..369O. doi: 10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y . ISSN   0007-196X.