The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and

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s found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from

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in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland,

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in the South. The genus is widely found in southern India ( Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Southeast Asia. It reaches a maximum of diversity in Borneo and the Philippines.

Description

Mitrephora are a genus of trees that are often tall. They have leathery leaves. They have 3 rounded sepals. Their flowers have 6 petals arranged in two

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. The edges of the petals in each whorl touch one another. The exterior petals are oval with somewhat conspicuous venation. The interior petals have a basal claw with a vaulted blade. Their flowers have numerous oblong to wedge-shapted

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with dorsally positioned bi-lobed anthers. Their flowers have hairless

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with oblong ovaries. Within the ovaries the numerous ovules are positioned axially in two rows. Its elongated styles are grooved on the inside.

Species

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Mitrephora alba ''Mitrephora alba'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia. Henry Nicholas Ridley, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its white ( in Latin) flowers. Desc ...

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees ...

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Mitrephora aversa The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family (biology), family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Q ...

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Mitrephora bousigoniana The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family (biology), family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Q ...

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Mitrephora calcarea ''Mitrephora calcarea '' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Laos and Vietnam. Aruna Weerasooriya and Richard M.K. Saunders, the botanists who provided the first valid formal description of the species, named it a ...

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Mitrephora caudata ''Mitrephora caudata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. References Flora of the Philippines caudata Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of the Philippines Taxonomy articles crea ...

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Mitrephora celebica The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensla ...

'' *'' Mitrephora clemensiorum'' *'' Mitrephora collinsae'' *'' Mitrephora ellipanthoides'' *'' Mitrephora ferruginea'' *'' Mitrephora fragrans'' *''

Mitrephora glabra ''Mitrephora glabra'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Borneo. Rudolph Scheffer, the Dutch botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its hairless ( in Latin) leaves and mature twigs. Desc ...

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Mitrephora glandulifera The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family (biology), family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Q ...

'' *'' Mitrephora grandiflora'' *''

Mitrephora heyneana ''Mitrephora heyneana'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson, the British botanists who first formally described the species under the basionym ''Orophea h ...

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Mitrephora keithii ''Mitrephora keithii '' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. Henry Nicholas Ridley, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it in honor of Dr. A. ...

'' *'' Mitrephora korthalsiana'' *''

Mitrephora lanotan ''Mitrephora lanotan'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * ...

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Mitrephora macclurei ''Mitrephora macclurei'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to China, Laos and Vietnam. Aruna Weerasooriya and Richard Saunders, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Floyd Alonzo ...

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Mitrephora macrocarpa ''Mitrephora macrocarpa'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Sulawesi. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, the Dutch botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym '' Orophea macrocarpa'', named i ...

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Mitrephora maingayi ''Mitrephora maingayi'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Sumatra, and Vietnam. Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Hooker and Thomas Thomson (botanist), T ...

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Mitrephora multifolia The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensla ...

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Mitrephora obtusa The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensla ...

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Mitrephora pallens ''Mitrephora pallens'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Vietnam. Suzanne Jovet-Ast, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its pale ( in Latin) flowers. Description It is ...

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Mitrephora petelotii ''Mitrephora petelotii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Vietnam. Aruna Weerasooriya and Richard Saunders, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it in honor of the French botanist Paul A ...

'' *'' Mitrephora pictiflora'' *''

Mitrephora pisocarpa The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family (biology), family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Q ...

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Mitrephora polypyrena ''Mitrephora polypyrena'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Myanmar. Carl Ludwig Blume, the German botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym ''Uvar ...

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Mitrephora reflexa The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

'' *'' Mitrephora reticulata'' *''

Mitrephora rugosa The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

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Mitrephora samarensis ''Mitrephora samarensis'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to the Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Samar, the third largest island i ...

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Mitrephora simeuluensis The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

'' *'' Mitrephora sirikitiae'' *'' Mitrephora sorsogonensis'' *'' Mitrephora teysmannii'' *''

Mitrephora tomentosa ''Mitrephora tomentosa'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Joseph Hooker and Thomas Thomson, the British botanists who first formally described the spec ...

'' (synonym ''M. thorelii'') *''

Mitrephora trimera The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

'' *'' Mitrephora vandaeflora'' *''

Mitrephora versteegii The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

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Mitrephora viridifolia The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family (biology), family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Q ...

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Mitrephora vittata The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North ( Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensla ...

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Mitrephora vulpina The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

'' *'' Mitrephora wangii'' *''

Mitrephora weberi ''Mitrephora weberi'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, an American botanist, first formally described the species and named it after Charles Martin Weber who collected the spe ...

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Mitrephora williamsii ''Mitrephora williamsii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. Charles Budd Robinson, the Canadian botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Robert Statham Williams who collect ...

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Mitrephora winitii ''Mitrephora winitii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Myanmar and Thailand. William Grant Craib, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Phya Winit Wanandor, the Thai botan ...

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Mitrephora woodii The genus ''Mitrephora'', of family Annonaceae, comprises around 40 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia. The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan, Yunnan) down to Queensland, Austra ...

'' *'' Mitrephora zippeliana'' Mitrephora winitii

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9033762 Annonaceae genera Taxa named by Thomas Thomson (botanist) Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume Plants described in 1855