Agouticarpa Explained

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]

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

External links

• Agouticarpa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. Persson C. 2003. Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae). Brittonia. 55. 2. 176–201. 10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2. 43781893 .