The Actinidiaceae are a small family of flowering plants. The family has three genera and about 360 species and is a member of the order Ericales.
Saurauia is a genus of plants in the family Actinidiaceae. It comprises about over 300 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and South and Central America. Genetic evidence and the cell biology of the group support monophyly of the genus. Monophyly of the genus is also supported by micromorphological characters and by phylogenetic analysis, although the exact evolutionary relationships of Saurauia with the other two genera of the Actinidiaceae, Actinidia and Clematoclethra, are not well understood. It is also the only extant genus within its family whose natural distribution includes areas outside of Asia.
Saurauia avellana is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is native to the Philippines. Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the dense covering of hazel-colored downy hair covering the underside of its leaves.
Saurauia clementis is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Mary Strong Clemens, the American botanist who collected the specimen that he examined.
Saurauia copelandii is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is native to the Philippines. Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it in honor of Edwin Copeland, another American botanist who collected many botanical samples in the Philippines.
Saurauia glabra is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is native to Borneo. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its hairlessness.
Saurauia klemmei is a species of plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is native to the Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Wilhelm Klemme, a German forest officer, who collected the specimen Merrill examined from Luzon island in the Philippines.
Saurauia merrillii is a species of plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is native to the Philippines. Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it in honor of Elmer Drew Merrill, another American botanist.
Saurauia papillulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines where it is known as papayang. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the distinctive abundant small bumps, or papillae, on the underside of its leaves.
Saurauia polysperma is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. In the Philippines it is also known as tsuke. Francisco Manuel Blanco, the Augustinian friar who first formally described the species, using the basionym Gordonia polysperma, named it after its many seeds.
Saurauia sparsiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It was discovered on Mount Santo Tomas by Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, the American botanist who first formally described the species, and named it after the small number, or sparse, flowers in its inflorescences.
Saurauia whitfordii is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is native to the Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Harry Nichols Whitford, another American botanist who collected the specimen Merrill examined.
Goniothalamus elegans is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Thailand and Vietnam. Suzanne Jovet-Ast, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its elegant thin, flexible leaves.
Saurauia latibractea is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. Jacques Denys Choisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its broad bracts. In Maranao it is called maragaoaq or tamiagau.
Monodora hastipetala is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its spear shaped inner petals.
Monodora undulata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Palisot de Beauvois the botanist and entomologist who first formally described the species using the basionym Xylopia undulata, named it after the wavy margins of its petals.
Pseuduvaria multiovulata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Myanmar. Cecil Fischer, the Indian botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym Mitrephora multiovulata, named it after its many ovuled ovaries.
Pseuduvaria philippinensis is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to the Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the Philippines where the specimen he examined was collected in the Province of Quezon.
Pseuduvaria unguiculata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to The Philippines. Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its clawed inner petals.
Pseuduvaria villosa is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to Australia. L.W. Jessup, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its leaves and branchlets which are shaggy with long soft hairs.
