Genus of plant in the family Annonaceae
The genus Mitrephora , of family Annonaceae ,[1] comprises around 50 species of trees and shrubs found in tropical Asia and northern Australasia . The area of distribution extends from China in the North (Hainan , Yunnan ) down to Queensland , Australia in the South. The genus is widely found in southern India (Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu ) and Southeast Asia . It reaches a maximum of diversity in Borneo and the Philippines .
Description
Mitrephora are a genus of trees that are often tall. They have leathery leaves. They have 3 rounded sepals . Their flowers have 6 petals arranged in two whorls . The edges of the petals in each whorl touch one another. The exterior petals are oval with somewhat conspicuous venation. The interior petals have a basal claw with a vaulted blade.
Their flowers have numerous oblong to wedge-shapted stamen with dorsally positioned bi-lobed anthers. Their flowers have hairless carpels with oblong ovaries . Within the ovaries the numerous ovules are positioned axially in two rows. Its elongated styles are grooved on the inside.[2]
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:[1]
Mitrephora alba Ridl.
Mitrephora amdjahii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora andamanica Thoth. & D.Das
Mitrephora basilanensis Merr.
Mitrephora cagayanensis Merr.
Mitrephora calcarea Diels ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora chulabhorniana Damth., Aongyong & Chaowasku
Mitrephora clemensiorum Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora diversifolia (Span.) Miq. (synonym M. zippeliana )
Mitrephora endertii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora ferruginea Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.
Mitrephora fragrans Merr.
Mitrephora glabra Scheff.
Mitrephora grandiflora Bedd.
Mitrephora harae H.Ohashi
Mitrephora heyneana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Thwaites
Mitrephora imbricatarum-apicum H.Okada
Mitrephora keithii Ridl.
Mitrephora korthalsiana Miq.
Mitrephora kostermansii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora lanotan (Blanco) Merr.
Mitrephora longipetala Miq.
Mitrephora macclurei Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora macrocarpa (Miq.) Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora maingayi Hook.f. & Thomson
Mitrephora monocarpa R.M.K.Saunders & Chalermglin
Mitrephora multifolia Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora obtusa (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson
Mitrephora pallens Jovet-Ast
Mitrephora petelotii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora phanrangensis Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora pictiflora Elmer
Mitrephora poilanei Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora polypyrena (Blume) Zoll.
Mitrephora reflexa Merr.
Mitrephora rufescens Ridl.
Mitrephora samarensis Merr.
Mitrephora simeuluensis Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora sirikitiae Weeras., Chalermglin & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora sorsogonensis Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora sundaica Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora tomentosa Hook.f. & Thomson
Mitrephora uniflora Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora vittata Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora vulpina C.E.C.Fisch.
Mitrephora wangii Hu
Mitrephora weberi Merr.
Mitrephora williamsii C.B.Rob.
Mitrephora winitii Craib
Mitrephora woodii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders
Mitrephora winitii . Nong Nooch Botanical Garden. Thailand.