''Sapranthus'' is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family
Annonaceae.
The genus was first described in 1866 by
Berthold Carl Seemann.
Description
Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals.
The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
.
Species
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
gives the following as accepted species:
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Sapranthus campechianus'' (Kunth) Standl.
* ''
Sapranthus chiapensis'' Standl. ex G.E.Schatz
* ''
Sapranthus hirsutus'' van Rooden ex G.E.Schatz
* ''
Sapranthus isae'' J.G.Vélez & Cogollo
* ''
Sapranthus microcarpus'' (Donn.Sm.) R.E.Fr.
* ''
Sapranthus palanga'' R.E.Fr.
* ''
Sapranthus violaceus'' (Dunal) Saff.
* ''
Sapranthus viridiflorus'' G.E.Schatz
Further reading
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References
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Annonaceae genera
Annonaceae
Taxa described in 1866
Taxa named by Berthold Carl Seemann