Annona pittieri

Short description: Species of plant

Annona pittieri

Photograph of Annona pittieri including leaves, flowers and fruit.[1]

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Magnoliids
Order:  | Magnoliales
Family:  | Annonaceae
Genus:  | Annona
Species:  |

A. pittieri

Binomial name
Annona pittieri

Donn.Sm.

Annona pittieri is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Costa Rica and Panamá.[3] John Donnell Smith, the American taxonomist who first formally described the species, named it after Henri François Pittier, the Swiss botanist who collected specimen he examined.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 1.1 Reproductive biology
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Description

Its long thin leaves are 16–18 cm by 4–5 cm. Its leaves have 12 secondary veins emanating from each side of their midribs. Its petioles are 6-8 millimeters long. Its flowers are on 3.3 centimeters long peduncles that occur in groups of 1-5. Its flowers have 3 millimeter long calyces with triangular lobes. Its flowers have 3 triangular petals with concave bases. The petals are 33 by 7 millimeters. Its flowers have receptacles that are 3 millimeters wide. Its stamens are 1 millimeter long. Its ovaries are covered in fine hairs and topped by 2 millimeter long styles.[4]

### Reproductive biology

The pollen of Annona pittieri is shed as permanent tetrads.[5]

## References

1. ↑ "Annona pittieri Donn. Sm.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d.. https://www.tropicos.org/name/1600089.
2. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Annona pittieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T136094410A136094412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136094410A136094412.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136094410/136094412. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. ↑ "Annona pittieri Donn.Sm.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14326-2.
4. ↑ Smith, John Donnell (1897). "Undescribed Plants from Guatemala and Other Central American Republics. XIX". Botanical Gazette 24 (6): 389–398. doi:10.1086/327610. ISSN 0006-8071. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/222818.
5. ↑ Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 202 (202): 1–130. doi:10.5962/p.272704.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15401014 entry

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