Sapranthus Explained
Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.[1]
Description
Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals.[2] The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles.
Species
Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species:[3] [4]
- 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
Notes and References
- Seemann, B.C. . 1866. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 4. 369. ON SAPRANTHUS, A NEW GENUS OP ANONACEA,FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
- Web site: Sapranthus Seem.. 2021-12-09. www.worldfloraonline.org.
- Web site: Sapranthus Seem. Plants of the World Online Kew Science. 2021-12-09. Plants of the World Online. en.
- 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 . 10.1007/s12228-023-09762-y . 0007-196X. free . 2023Britt..75..369O .