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Genus of flowering plants

Stenanona
Stenanona flagelliflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Miliuseae
Genus: Stenanona
Standl.
Synonyms

Reedrollinsia J.W.Walker

Stenanona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are about 14 species native to Mexico and Central and South America. The genus is found in rainforest habitat.

These plants are small trees. The leaves have a coating of hairs and are borne on swollen petioles. The petals are somewhat thin but moderately fleshy in texture and are various shades of pink or red; one species has purple flowers. The petals sometimes fade whitish. The flowers are bisexual.

Species include:

References

  1. ^ Schatz, G. E., & Maas, P. J. M. (2010). Synoptic revision of Stenanona (Annonaceae). Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 55(3), 205-223.
  2. ^ Ortiz-Rodríguez, A. E., Schatz, G. E., Licona-Vera, Y., & Ruíz-Sánchez, E. (2014). Una nueva especie de Stenanona (Annonaceae) endémica de Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences, 92(1), 37-41.
Taxon identifiers
Stenanona


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