Abuta

Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRanunculales
FamilyMenispermaceae

Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala

Observations recorded10,385

Common Name: yellow pareira brava

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 691
With media: 154
Family: Menispermaceae
Collections: US, IBUNAM, USF, NY, F, ASU
Recorded in: Guyana, Belice, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Panama, Peru, Brasil

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Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

==Description== It consists in dioecious climbers or rarely erect trees or shrubs (Abuta concolor) with simple leaves. Flowers in composed panicles. Male flowers: sepals 6, in 2 whorls, petals absent, stamens 6, connate or free, introrse, anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male, staminodes 6, carpels 3, drupes ovoid, endocarp woody, condyle septiform, endosperm ruminate, embryo curved, cotyledons appressed. It inhabits tropical rain forests.

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