Agouticarpa
Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.[1]
| Agouticarpa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Cordiereae |
| Genus: | Agouticarpa C.H.Perss. |
| Type species | |
| Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. | |
Description
Agouticarpa is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.[1]
Species
- Agouticarpa curviflora (Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
- Agouticarpa grandistipula C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
- Agouticarpa hirsuta C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
- Agouticarpa isernii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
- Agouticarpa spinosa C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
- Agouticarpa velutina C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
- Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
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References
- Persson C (2003). "Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae)". Brittonia. 55 (2): 176–201. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2.
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