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''Annickia'' is a genus of
plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in family
Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...
. Every species of this genus is native to continental Africa, from west Tropical Africa to
Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
.


Species

As accepted by Kew; * '' Annickia affinis'' (Exell) Versteegh & Sosef * '' Annickia ambigua'' (Robyns & Ghesq.) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia atrocyanescens'' (Robyns & Ghesq.) Setten & Maas * ''
Annickia chlorantha ''Annickia chlorantha'' is a tree that grows up to 25 meters tall, it belongs to the Annonaceae family. An important tree used in traditional medical practices for the treatment of malaria and various diseases in Nigeria and Cameroon; oil extra ...
'' (Oliv.) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia kummeriae'' ( Engl. & Diels) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia kwiluensis'' (Robyns & Ghesq.) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia lebrunii'' (Robyns & Ghesq.) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia letestui'' (Le Thomas) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia olivacea'' (Robyns & Ghesq.) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia pilosa'' (Exell) Setten & Maas * '' Annickia polycarpa'' (DC.) Setten & Maas ex I.M.Turner A revision of the genus ''Annickia'' was carried out in 2007.


References

Annonaceae Annonaceae genera Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of Tanzania Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Annonaceae-stub