| Afroguatteria | |
|---|---|
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| Infructescence of Afroguatteria discostigma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Annonoideae |
| Tribe: | Uvarieae |
| Genus: | Afroguatteria Boutique[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Afroguatteria bequaertii Boutique[3] | |
Afroguatteria is a small genus of vines in the family Annonaceae, native to Cabinda, Cameroon and Zaire in west Africa.[1]
Species
As of January 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 3 species:[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described and published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles in 1951.[1]
The genus name of Afroguatteria is in honour of Giambattista Guatteri (1739–1793), an Italian professor of botany in Parma,[4] and the continent, where the plants were found, 'Afro' - africa.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[5]
References
- "Afroguatteria Boutique". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- "Afroguatteria Boutique". World Flora Online. World Flora Online Consortium. 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- "Afroguatteria Boutique". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Genus Afroguatteria Boutique". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 30 January 2022.