Monodora crispata
| Monodora crispata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Monodora |
| Species: | M. crispata
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodora crispata | |
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Monodora crispata var. klaineana Engl. | |
Monodora crispata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.[1] Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its curly (crispātus in Latin) petal margins.[2]
Description
It is a tree reaching 30 feet in height.[3] Its elliptical leaves are 12-14 by 5 centimeters. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its flowers are solitary. It has 3 sepals with curly margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are variegated purple with very curly margins. The inner petals are also curly and colored light red and white.[2]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of M. crispata is shed as permanent tetrads.[4]
References
- ^ "Monodora crispata Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "Anonaceae". Notizblatt des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (in German and Latin). 2 (17): 292–302. 1899.
- ^ Hutchinson, J.; Dalziel, J.M.; Keay, R.W.J.; Hepper, F.N. (2014). The Flora of West Tropical Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. p. 35. OL 25442466M.
- ^ Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2009). "Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 87: 1–150. JSTOR 25592354.
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