''Monodora'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

in family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the M ...

. It contains approximately 15 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa.

Selected species

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Monodora angolensis ''Monodora angolensis'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sudan, T ...

'' Welw. * '' Monodora carolinae'' Couvreur * ''

Monodora crispata ''Monodora crispata'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Adolf Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, the German bo ...

'' Engl. * ''

Monodora globiflora ''Monodora globiflora'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its inner petals that touch one another, but are not fused, ...

'' Couvreur * ''

Monodora grandidieri ''Monodora grandidieri '' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania. Henri Ernest Baillon, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the F ...

'' Baill. * ''

Monodora hastipetala ''Monodora hastipetala'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its spear ( in Latin) shaped inner petals. Description ...

'' Couvreur * ''

Monodora junodii ''Monodora junodii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formal ...

'' Engl. & Diels * ''

Monodora laurentii ''Monodora laurentii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Émile De Wildeman, the Belgian botanist who first formally described the speci ...

'' De Wild. * ''

Monodora minor ''Monodora minor'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Mozambique and Tanzania. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the species, do not explicitly explain t ...

'' Engl. & Diels * ''

Monodora myristica ''Monodora myristica'', the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eq ...

'' (Gaertn.) Dunal;

Calabash nutmeg ''Monodora myristica'', the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eq ...

; based on: ''Annona myristica'' Gaertn. * ''

Monodora stenopetala ''Monodora stenopetala'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Malawi and Mozambique. Daniel Oliver, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (Latinized form of Greek , ...

'' Oliv. * ''

Monodora tenuifolia ''Monodora tenuifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to equatorial Africa. George Bentham, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its slender ( in Latin) leaves ( in Latin) ...

'' Benth. * ''

Monodora undulata ''Monodora undulata'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Palisot de Beauvois the botanist and entomologist who ...

'' (P.Beauv.) Couvreur * ''

Monodora unwinii ''Monodora unwinii'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Flora of Nigeria unwinii Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of Nigeria Taxonomy articles crea ...

'' Hutch. & Dalz. * ''

Monodora zenkeri ''Monodora'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. It contains approximately 15 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa. Selected species * ''Monodora angolensis'' Welw. * '' Monodora carolinae'' Couvreur * ''Monodora crispata'' Eng ...

'' Engl.

External links

IPNI List of Species.

References

Annonaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Annonaceae-stub