Annona tenuiflora

Species of plant

Annona tenuiflora

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

A. tenuiflora

Binomial name
Annona tenuiflora

Mart.

Synonyms

Raimondia tenuiflora (Mart.) R.E.Fr.

Annona tenuiflora  is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana and Venezuela.[1] Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist who first  formally described the species, named it after the slender (tenui- in Latin) sepals and petals of its flowers.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 1.1 Reproductive biology
* 1.2 Habitat and distribution
* 1.3 Uses
* 2 References

## Description[edit]

It is a tree that reaches greater than 9.75 meters in height. Its leaves are 5.4-27 centimeters by 2.7-10.8 and have rounded tips. The leaves have a reddish underside and slightly wavy margins. Its peduncles are 2.7 - 4.1 centimeters long. Carl von Martius conjectured that it has male and female flowers. Its sepals are 2.25 millimeters long. Its flowers have 6 petals in two rows of three. Its pink, concave, oval petals are 1.8 centimeters long. It has numerous tightly packed stamens with hairs at their base, arranged on a conical receptacle. Its anthers are pink.[3]

### Reproductive biology[edit]

The pollen of A. tenuiflora is shed as permanent tetrads.[4]

### Habitat and distribution[edit]

It has been observed in woodland habitats.[3]

### Uses[edit]

It has been reported to be used to treat headache, dizziness and hypotension.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Annona tenuiflora Mart". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
2. ^ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
3. ^ a b c von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp (1841). "Anonaceae". Flora Brasiliensis (in Latin). Vol. 13\. Munich & Leipzig: R. Oldenbourg. p. 13.
4. ^ Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 202 (202): 1–130. JSTOR 41764703.
5. ^ Lorenzoni, Rodrigo Monte; Rosado, Carla Cristina Gonçalves; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (2016). "Chapter 6: Diversidade genética em espécies do gênero Annona L. (Annonaceae)" [Genetic diversity in species of the genus Annona L. (Annonaceae)]. In Ferreira, Adésio; Lopes, José Carlos; Ferreira, Marcia Flores da Silva; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos (eds.). Tópicos Especiais em Produção Vegetal VI [Special Topics in Plant Production VI] (in Portuguese). CAUFES. p. 151\. ISBN 978-85-61890-88-9.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15400023
* EoL: 1054830
* GBIF: 5407158
* IPNI: 72324-1
* IUCN: 142423146
* Plant List: kew-2641046
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72324-1
* Tropicos: 1602853
* WFO: wfo-0000537960

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