Agouticarpa

Agouticarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Cordiereae
Genus:	Agouticarpa; C.H.Perss.
Type species
	Agouticarpa williamsii; (Standl.) C.H.Perss.

Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. 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

References

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

External links

Agouticarpa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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[Persson2003-1] 1 2 Persson C (2003). "Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae)". Brittonia. 55 (2): 176–201. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2.