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Monotypic Magnoliales genera

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Sirdavidia
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
Brochoneura
Brochoneura usambarensis is a species of tree native to the moist evergreen forests of Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Brochoneura.
Meiocarpidium
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.
Uvariopsis tripetala
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.
Monocyclanthus
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.
Sanrafaelia
Sanrafaelia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Sanrafaelia ruffonammari.
Ruizodendron
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.
Dielsiothamnus
Dielsiothamnus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Dielsiothamnus divaricatus.
Bicuiba
Bicuiba is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. The only species is Bicuiba oleifera, which is endemic to southeastern Brazil. It grows in the forests of the Atlantic coast.
Mwasumbia
Mwasumbia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only known species is Mwasumbia alba.
Leoheo
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.
Pseudartabotrys
Pseudartabotrys is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only species is Pseudartabotrys letestui.
Mkilua
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
Wuodendron
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.
Duckeanthus
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.