Agouticarpa

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Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.{{cite journal|author=Persson C|year=2003|title=Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae)|journal=Brittonia|volume=55|issue=2|pages=176–201|doi=10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=43781893 }}

Description

Agouticarpa is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.

Species

Agouticarpa curviflora (Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
Agouticarpa grandistipula C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
Agouticarpa hirsuta C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
Agouticarpa isernii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Agouticarpa spinosa C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
Agouticarpa velutina C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

References

External links

[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Agouticarpa Agouticarpa in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]

Category:Rubiaceae genera

Category:Cordiereae

Category:Flora of Southern America

Category:Dioecious plants