Monodora crispata

Monodora crispata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Monodora
Species:	M. crispata
Binomial name
	Monodora crispata; Engl.
Synonyms
	Monodora crispata var. klaineana Engl.

Monodora crispata is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.[1] Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its curly (crispātus in Latin) petal margins.[2]

Description

It is a tree reaching 30 feet in height.[3] Its elliptical leaves are 12-14 by 5 centimeters. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its flowers are solitary. It has 3 sepals with curly margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are variegated purple with very curly margins. The inner petals are also curly and colored light red and white.[2]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of M. crispata is shed as permanent tetrads.[4]

References

"Monodora crispata Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
"Anonaceae". Notizblatt des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (in German and Latin). 2 (17): 292–302. 1899.
Hutchinson, J.; Dalziel, J.M.; Keay, R.W.J.; Hepper, F.N. (2014). The Flora of West Tropical Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. p. 35. OL 25442466M.
Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2009). "Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 87: 1–150. JSTOR 25592354.

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[1] "Monodora crispata Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[Engler1899-2] "Anonaceae". Notizblatt des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (in German and Latin). 2 (17): 292–302. 1899.

[3] Hutchinson, J.; Dalziel, J.M.; Keay, R.W.J.; Hepper, F.N. (2014). The Flora of West Tropical Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. p. 35. OL 25442466M.

[4] Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2009). "Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 87: 1–150. JSTOR 25592354.