Monodora stenopetala

Monodora stenopetala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Monodora
Species:	M. stenopetala
Binomial name
	Monodora stenopetala; Oliv.

Monodora stenopetala is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Malawi and Mozambique.[1] Daniel Oliver, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (στενός, stenos, in Ancient Greek) petals.

Description

It is a bush or small tree. Its leaves are 8.5-11 by 3-4.2 centimeters and rounded at their tips. The leaves are lightly hairy on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 3-4 millimeters long. Its solitary flowers are extra-axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 1-1.6 centimeters long. Its flowers have 3 oblong sepals that are 4-5 millimeters long. The sepals are smooth, curved backwards, and have wavy or fringed margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are yellow, 3.5-5 by 0.2-0.4 centimeters, and smooth or lightly hairy. The inner petals are similarly colored. The inner petals have a 0.3-0.7 centimeter long claw at their base and a 0.2-0.4 by 0.35-0.5 centimeter blade. The inner petals are smooth on their outer surface, and hairy inside. Its stamens that are 0.35 millimeters long. Its fruit are 6 by 4 centimeters smooth ellipsoids. Its smooth yellow-brown seeds are 1.5-2 centimeters long.[2][3]

Reproductive biology

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

References

"Monodora stenopetala Oliv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
Oliver, Daniel (1868). Flora of Tropical Africa. London: L. Reeve and Co. p. 39.
Robson, N.K.B. (1960). "Annonaceae". In Exell, A.W.; Wild, H. (eds.). Flora Zambesiaca. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.

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[1] "Monodora stenopetala Oliv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

[2] Oliver, Daniel (1868). Flora of Tropical Africa. London: L. Reeve and Co. p. 39.

[3] Robson, N.K.B. (1960). "Annonaceae". In Exell, A.W.; Wild, H. (eds.). Flora Zambesiaca. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[CouvreurBotermans2008-4] Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.