Monodora tenuifolia

Monodora tenuifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Monodora
Species:	M. tenuifolia
Binomial name
	Monodora tenuifolia; Benth.
Synonyms
	Monodora cabrae De Wild.; Monodora tenuifolia var. schlechteri Engl.;

Monodora tenuifolia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to equatorial Africa.^[1] George Bentham, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its slender (tenuis, in Latin) leaves (folium, in Latin).

Description

It is a small tree reaching 8 to 10 meters in height. Its narrow, oblong leaves are 15-20 by 4-5 centimeters. Its solitary flowers are on a long pedicel. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are white with red highlights when young, turning to pinkish yellow when mature. The outer petals reach 8.5 centimeters in length and have wavy margins. The inner petals are similarly colored but smaller and hairy at their tips. Its fruit are spherical and 8-10 centimeters in diameter.^[2]^[3] The pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.^[4]

References

^ "Monodora tenuifolia Benth". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
^ Bentham, George (1861). "Notes on Anonaceae". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. (in English and Latin). 5: 67–72.
^ Adam, Jacques-Georges. Flore Descriptive Des Monts Nimba [Descriptive Flora Of The Nimba Mountains]. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série B, Botanique (in French). Vol. 20. Paris: Editions du Museum.
^ Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.

[1] "Monodora tenuifolia Benth". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

[2] Bentham, George (1861). "Notes on Anonaceae". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. (in English and Latin). 5: 67–72.

[3] Adam, Jacques-Georges. Flore Descriptive Des Monts Nimba [Descriptive Flora Of The Nimba Mountains]. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série B, Botanique (in French). Vol. 20. Paris: Editions du Museum.

[CouvreurBotermans2008-4] Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.

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