Monodora minor
| Monodora minor | |
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| Botanical illustration of a Monodora minor flower and floral parts.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Monodora |
| Species: | M. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodora minor | |
Monodora minor is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Mozambique and Tanzania.[3] Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the species, do not explicitly explain the specific epithet but it is among the smaller (minor in Latin)[4] members of the genus which includes species that reach heights of 30-40 meters.[5]
Description[edit]
It is a bush or small tree reaching 6 meters in height. Its branches have lenticels. Its papery leaves are 6-18 by 3.3-8 centimeters and rounded at their tips. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 4-8 millimeters long. Its pendulous flowers are arranged in cymes which are extra-axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 2-5 centimeters long. Its flowers have 3 oval-shaped sepals that are 7-8 by 4-6 millimeters. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are yellow with red highlights, 1.9-2 by 1.1-1.5 centimeters, and have wavy margins. The inner petals are similarly colored with margins that touch one another before they mature. The inner petals have a 3-6 millimeter wide claw at their base and a 1-1.2 by 0.9-1.1 blade. The inner petals are smooth on their outer surface, hairy inside, and densely hairy on their margins. Itsstamens that are 0.5-0.75 millimeters long. Its fruit are 4.2 by 2.5 centimeters and pale green with yellow spots when developing and dark purple when dry. Its shiny, light brown seeds are 1.4 by 1.1 by 0.65 centimeters, and triangular in cross-section.[6][7]
Reproductive biology[edit]
The pollen of M. minor is shed as permanent tetrads.[5]
Habitat and distribution[edit]
It has been observed growing in coastal regions in wet forests at elevations from 100 to 780 meters.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Diels, Ludwig; Engler, Adolf; Gilg, Ernst; Schumann, K. (1901). Monographieen afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und -Gattungen [Monographs of African Plant Families and Genera] (in German and Latin). Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
- ^ Cosiaux, A.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Erkens, R.H.J. (2019). "Monodora minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T158313A133042591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T158313A133042591.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Monodora minor Engl. & Diels". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
- ^ a b c Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2009). "Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 87: 1–150. JSTOR 25592354.
- ^ Diels, Ludwig; Engler, Adolf (1901). Monographieen afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und -Gattungen [Monographs of African plant families and genera] (in German and Latin). Vol. 6. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
- ^ Verdcourt, B. (1971). "MONODORA minor Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE]". Global Plants. ITHAKA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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