Agouticarpa

Agouticarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Cordiereae
Genus: Agouticarpa
C.H.Perss.
Type species
Agouticarpa williamsii
(Standl.) C.H.Perss.

Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described by Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.[1]

Description

Agouticarpa is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.[1]

Species

  • Agouticarpa curviflora (Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
  • Agouticarpa grandistipula C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
  • Agouticarpa hirsuta C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
  • Agouticarpa isernii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
  • Agouticarpa spinosa C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
  • Agouticarpa velutina C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
  • Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

References

  1. 1 2 Persson C (2003). "Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae)". Brittonia 55 (2): 176–201. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2.

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