''Agouticarpa'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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. It was described by
Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from
Costa Rica
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to
Bolivia
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.
Description
''Agouticarpa'' is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.
Species
* ''
Agouticarpa curviflora''
(Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
* ''
Agouticarpa grandistipula''
C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
* ''
Agouticarpa hirsuta''
C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
* ''
Agouticarpa isernii''
( Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
* ''
Agouticarpa spinosa''
C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
* ''
Agouticarpa velutina''
C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
* ''
Agouticarpa williamsii''
( Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
References
External links
''Agouticarpa'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Cordiereae
Flora of Southern America
Dioecious plants
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