Annonaceae

The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Magnoliales. Several genera produce edible fruit, most notably Annona, Anonidium, Asimina, Rollinia, and Uvaria. Its type genus is Annona. The family is concentrated in the tropics, with few species found in temperate regions. About 900 species are Neotropical, 450 are Afrotropical, and the remaining are Indomalayan.

Stenanona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are about 14 species native to Mexico and Central and South America. The genus is found in rainforest habitat.

Friesodielsia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species found in the Old World, mostly in the tropics. A molecular study shows that Friesodielsia should be more narrowly circumscribed, with the only species remaining being the Asian ones, which can also be distinguished by their possession of globose or ellipsoid monocarps, and six petals per flower arranged in two whorls.

Monanthotaxis is an Afrotropical plant genus with some 56 species, belonging to the Annonaceae. They are native to the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Africa and Madagascar.

Toussaintia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are four species. All are native to Africa.

Ephedranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Desmopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Cleistopholis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Mezzettia is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. It contains the following species, according to The Plant List (which list may be incomplete): Mezzettia havilandii (Boerl.) Ridl. Mezzettia macrocarpa Heyden & Kessler Mezzettia parviflora Becc. Mezzettia umbellata Becc.

Letestudoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Pseudomalmea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Platymitra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Monocarpia is an Asian tree genus in the family Annonaceae and the tribe Monocarpieae. Its native range is Borneo, peninsular Malaysia and Sumatera.

Onychopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Froesiodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species native to South America.

Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.

Polyceratocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. All known species are native to continental Africa.

Hornschuchia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species native to South America and in eastern Brazil. It is within the Bocageeae tribe.

Phoenicanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Drepananthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

thumb | right | alt=Mischogyne elliotiana. | Mischogyne elliotiana. Mischogyne is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises five species distributed in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Arthur Wallis Exell the British botanist who first formally described the genus named it after the stalks (μίσχος, míschos, in Greek) that bears its reproductive (γυνή, gunḗ, in Greek) structures.

Neo-uvaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Bocageopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Diclinanona is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae.

Cardiopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae and native to southern tropical America.

Porcelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing at least 19 species of which all are native to Latin America.

Trigynaea is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): Trigynaea triplinervis D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray

Dendrokingstonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Rollinia is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. While it is widely recognised as a distinct genus a monograph published in 2006 advocates its inclusion in Annona, which also contains custard apples and soursops.

Maasia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Sirdavidia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the family Annonaceae described February 4, 2015, by Thomas L.P. Couvreur of France's Institute of Research for Development, Raoul Niangadouma of the Herbier National du Gabon, Bonaventure Sonké of the University of Yaoundé, and Hervé Sauquet of Université Paris-Sud. The genus was named in honor of Sir David Attenborough. The type species Sirdavidia solannona was discovered and collected in Gabon in Crystal Mountains National Park on November 15, 2013, at elevations of 300–600 meters. The species name refers to the resemblance of the flo

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Fenerivia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species endemic to Madagascar. Fenerivia inflorescences have a prominent flange below the perianth, which is unique to the genus. The complete chloroplast genome of Fenerivia ghesquiereana was published in 2021.

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Dennettia is a monotypic genus (i.e. a genus containing a single species) of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. The sole included species is Dennettia tripetala, a shrub or tree native to western and west-central tropical Africa, including Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tridimeris is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

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Pyramidanthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. It includes 12 species native to western Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo), New Guinea, and the Northern Territory of Australia.

Meiocarpidium is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It is distributed in Cameroon, The Central African Republic, The Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the genus, named it after the small number (Latinized form of Greek -, meio-) of carpels in the flowers.

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Cleistochlamys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Sanrafaelia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Sanrafaelia ruffonammari.

Dielsiothamnus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Dielsiothamnus divaricatus.

Monocyclanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Monocyclanthus vignei. It is native to Ghana and Liberia. It is a rare plant of the understory of wet evergreen forest habitat.

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Ruizodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. It is part of Malmeoideae subfamily and Malmeeae tribe. The only known species is Ruizodendron ovale.

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Pseudephedranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.

Mwasumbia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only known species is Mwasumbia alba.

Wuodendron is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae, containing the type and only species Wuodendron praecox. It is distributed from northeastern India north to southern China and southeast through most of Mainland Southeast Asia.

Mkilua is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya and Tanzania. It contains a single species, Mkilua fragrans. Bernard Verdcourt, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the fragrance (frāgrāns in Latin) of its flowers which smell like lemon. It is commonly called Mkilua Mwitu, Kilua and Kiluwa in Swahili, and Kingade in Digo (and Swahili). Volatile oils extracted from its leaves, flowers, and aerial parts have been reported to be repellent to Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes which are vectors for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falcip

Pseudartabotrys is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Pseudartabotrys letestui.

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Duckeanthus is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil. It contains a single species, Duckeanthus grandiflorus. Robert Elias Fries, the Swedish botanist who first formally described it, named it in honor of Adolpho Ducke who collected the specimen he examined, and its large (grandis in Latin) flowers.

Leoheo domatiophorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is the sole species in genus Leoheo. It is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree endemic to Vietnam. It grows 15 to 25 meters tall, and occasionally to 30 meters. It flowers in March and fruits in July. The genus name is derived from "Lèo Heo" the local Vietnamese name of the plant.