Biology:Annona pittieri
| Annona pittieri | |
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| Photograph of Annona pittieri including leaves, flowers and fruit.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. pittieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Annona pittieri Donn.Sm.
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Annona pittieri is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Costa Rica and Panamá.[3] John Donnell Smith, the American taxonomist who first formally described the species, named it after Henri François Pittier, the Swiss botanist who collected specimen he examined.
Description
Its long thin leaves are 16–18 cm by 4–5 cm. Its leaves have 12 secondary veins emanating from each side of their midribs. Its petioles are 6-8 millimeters long. Its flowers are on 3.3 centimeters long peduncles that occur in groups of 1-5. Its flowers have 3 millimeter long calyces with triangular lobes. Its flowers have 3 triangular petals with concave bases. The petals are 33 by 7 millimeters. Its flowers have receptacles that are 3 millimeters wide. Its stamens are 1 millimeter long. Its ovaries are covered in fine hairs and topped by 2 millimeter long styles.[4]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of Annona pittieri is shed as permanent tetrads.[5]
References
- ↑ "Annona pittieri Donn. Sm.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d.. https://www.tropicos.org/name/1600089.
- ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Annona pittieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T136094410A136094412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136094410A136094412.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136094410/136094412. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Annona pittieri Donn.Sm.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14326-2.
- ↑ Smith, John Donnell (1897). "Undescribed Plants from Guatemala and Other Central American Republics. XIX". Botanical Gazette 24 (6): 389–398. doi:10.1086/327610. ISSN 0006-8071. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/222818.
- ↑ Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 202 (202): 1–130. doi:10.5962/p.272704.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15401014 entry
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