Afroguatteria Explained

Afroguatteria is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae, native to Cabinda and Zaire in west Africa. They are climbers, and are closely related to Toussaintia.^[1]

Species

, there are two species in the genus Afroguatteria:^[2]

• Afroguatteria bequaertii (De Wild.) Boutique
• Afroguatteria globosa C.N.Paiva

Taxonomy

The genus name of Afroguatteria is in honour of Giambattista Guatteri (1739–1793), an Italian professor of botany in Parma,^[3] and the continent, where the plants were found, 'Afro' - africa. The genus was first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles Vol.21 on page 104 in 1951.

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Guo . Xing . Hoekstra . Paul H. . Tang . Chin Cheung . Thomas . Daniel C. . Wieringa . Jan J. . Chatrou . Lars W. . Saunders . Richard M.K. . Cutting up the climbers: Evidence for extensive polyphyly in Friesodielsia (Annonaceae) necessitates generic realignment across the tribe Uvarieae . Taxon . 22 February 2017 . 66 . 1 . 3–19 . 10.12705/661.1.
2. Web site: Afroguatteria Boutique . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 20 September 2020 .
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
4. Web site: Genus Afroguatteria Boutique . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov . 30 January 2022.