Boutiquea
Boutiquea is a monotypic genus[1][2] of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Boutiquea platypetala. It is native to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.[1]
| Boutiquea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Boutiquea |
| Species: | B. platypetala |
| Binomial name | |
| Boutiquea platypetala (Engl. & Diels) Le Thomas | |
This plant is known to science by only 14 specimens collected from eight locations. It is a shrub or tree generally growing 3 to 5 metres (10 to 16 ft) tall, sometimes reaching 10 metres (33 ft). It has showy flowers and fruits. Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.[3] It grows in evergreen forest habitat.[1]
This is a vulnerable species threatened by habitat loss as forest is cleared for agriculture.[1]
References
- Cheek, M. 2014. Boutiquea platypetala. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. Downloaded on 28 September 2015.
- Chatrou, L. W.; et al. (2012). "A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (1): 5–40. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01235.x.
- Guo, Xing; Tang, Chin Cheung; Thomas, Daniel C.; Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Saunders, Richard M. K. (2017). "A mega-phylogeny of the Annonaceae: taxonomic placement of five enigmatic genera and support for a new tribe, Phoenicantheae". Scientific Reports. 7 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07252-2. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5544705. PMID 28779135.
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