Annona tenuiflora

Annona tenuiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Annona
Species:	A. tenuiflora
Binomial name
	Annona tenuiflora; Mart.
Synonyms
	Raimondia tenuiflora (Mart.) R.E.Fr.

Annona tenuiflora is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana and Venezuela.[1] Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the slender (tenui-code: lat promoted to code: la in Latin) sepals and petals of its flowers.[2][3]

Description

It is a tree that reaches greater than 9.75 meters in height. Its leaves are 5.4-27 centimeters by 2.7-10.8 and have rounded tips. The leaves have a reddish underside and slightly wavy margins. Its peduncles are 2.7 - 4.1 centimeters long. Carl von Martius conjectured that it has male and female flowers. Its sepals are 2.25 millimeters long. Its flowers have 6 petals in two rows of three. Its pink, concave, oval petals are 1.8 centimeters long. It has numerous tightly packed stamens with hairs at their base, arranged on a conical receptacle. Its anthers are pink.[3]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of A. tenuiflora is shed as permanent tetrads.[4]

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed in woodland habitats.[3]

Uses

It has been reported to be used to treat headache, dizziness and hypotension.[5]

References

"Annona tenuiflora Mart". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp (1841). "Anonaceae". Flora Brasiliensis (in Latin). 13. Munich & Leipzig: R. Oldenbourg. p. 13.
Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 202: 1–130. JSTOR 41764703.
Lorenzoni, Rodrigo Monte; Rosado, Carla Cristina Gonçalves; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (2016). "Chapter 6: Diversidade genética em espécies do gênero Annona L. (Annonaceae)" [Genetic diversity in species of the genus Annona L. (Annonaceae)]. In Ferreira, Adésio; Lopes, José Carlos; Ferreira, Marcia Flores da Silva; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (eds.). Tópicos Especiais em Produção Vegetal VI [Special Topics in Plant Production VI] (in Portuguese). CAUFES. p. 151. ISBN 978-85-61890-88-9.

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[1] "Annona tenuiflora Mart". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 5, 2019.

[2] Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.

[vonMartius1841-3] von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp (1841). "Anonaceae". Flora Brasiliensis (in Latin). 13. Munich & Leipzig: R. Oldenbourg. p. 13.

[4] Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 202: 1–130. JSTOR 41764703.

[5] Lorenzoni, Rodrigo Monte; Rosado, Carla Cristina Gonçalves; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (2016). "Chapter 6: Diversidade genética em espécies do gênero Annona L. (Annonaceae)" [Genetic diversity in species of the genus Annona L. (Annonaceae)]. In Ferreira, Adésio; Lopes, José Carlos; Ferreira, Marcia Flores da Silva; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (eds.). Tópicos Especiais em Produção Vegetal VI [Special Topics in Plant Production VI] (in Portuguese). CAUFES. p. 151. ISBN 978-85-61890-88-9.