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Stenanona

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMagnoliales
  5. FamilyAnnonaceae
Observations recorded507

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
1
Family
Annonaceae
Collections
MO, BRIT
Recorded in
Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica

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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.

These plants are small trees. The leaves have a coating of hairs and are borne on swollen petioles. The petals are somewhat thin but moderately fleshy in texture and are various shades of pink or red; one species has purple flowers. The petals sometimes fade whitish. The flowers are bisexual.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stenanona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.