Uvariastrum

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Uvariastrum
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Uvariastrum zenkeri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Monodoreae
Genus: Uvariastrum
Engl. & Diels

Uvariastrum is a genus of plants in the Annonaceae endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. One species of the genus grows in a drier woodland habitat, whereas the other species are found in the tropical lowland rain forests. [1]

As of January 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 5 species: [2]

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<i>Uvariastrum zenkeri</i> Species of flowering plant

Uvariastrum zenkeri is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<i>Uvariodendron</i> Genus of flowering plants

Uvariodendron is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It contains the following species :

<i>Uvariopsis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Uvariopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus is unique to Africa, and consists of about 18 species, all of which are either ramiflorous, cauliflorous or both.

<i>Xylopia</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Artabotrys</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Duguetia</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Cremastosperma</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Uvariastrum hexaloboides</i> Species of flowering plant

Uvariastrum hexaloboides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Tanzania, Zambia and Zaire. Robert Elias Fries, the botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym Uvaria hexaloboides, named it after a different species Hexalobus monopetalus which he thought its flowers and vegetative parts resembled.

<i>Uvariastrum insculptum</i> Species of flowering plant

Uvariastrum insculptum is a species of plant in the Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and the Republic of the Congo. Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the botanists who first formally described the species using the basionym Uvaria insculpta, named it after the secondary veins on its leaves which are distinctly sunken.

<i>Uvariastrum pierreanum</i> Species of flowering plant

Uvariastrum pierreanum is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Republic of the Congo. Adolf Engler, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre.

References

  1. Couvreur, TL (2014). "Revision of the African genus Uvariastrum (Annonaceae)". PhytoKeys (33): 1–40. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.33.5907 . PMC   3921557 . PMID   24526846.
  2. "Uvariastrum Engl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.