Monodora carolinae

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Monodora carolinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Monodora
Species:
M. carolinae
Binomial name
Monodora carolinae

Monodora carolinae is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Mozambique and Tanzania.[2] Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after his wife Carolina.[3]

Description

It is a tree reaching 6 meters in height. Its branches have lenticels. Its leathery leaves are 8-10 by 4-6 centimeters and come to a point at their tips. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces when mature. Its petioles are 4 millimeters long. Its pendulous flowers are solitary and axillary. Each flower is on a smooth pedicel 13-35 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 rust-colored, triangular sepals that are 6-12 by 4-8 millimeters long with hairy margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The smooth outer petals are cream-colored with red spots and curve backwards. The outer petals are 15-25 by 6-12 millimeters, have wavy margins, and come to a point at their tip. The inner petals have a 3-5 by 2-4 millimeter claw at their base and a 6-15 by 6-14 millimeter blade that is cream-colored with red and yellow highlights. The blades of the inner petals have densely hairy margins. Its stamens are 0.8 millimeters long.[3]

Reproductive biology

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

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed growing in sandy, well-drained soils in mountainous forests at elevations from 1700 to 2000 meters.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cosiaux, A.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Erkens, R.H.J. (2019). "Monodora carolinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T157994A133042220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T157994A133042220.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Monodora carolinae Couvreur". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Couvreur, Thomas L.P.; Gereau, Roy E.; Wieringa, Jan J.; Richardson, James E. (2006). "Description of four new species of Monodora and Isolona (Annonaceae) from Tanzania and an overview of Tanzanian Annonaceae diversity" (PDF). Adansonia. 28 (2): 243–266.
  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.


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