Annona moaensis
Annona moaensis is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.[1] Frère León and Henri Alain Liogier, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Moa, Cuba where the specimen they observed was collected.
| Annona moaensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annona |
| Species: | A. moaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Annona moaensis | |
Description
It is a bush reaching 2-3 meters in height. Its branches have white lenticels. Its leaves are 5-9 by 1-2 centimeters and come to tapering point. The upper surface of the leaves are glossy, the undersides are lightly covered in wooly hairs. The leaves have 18-20 secondary veins emanating from its midrib. Its petioles are 3-6 millimeters long, covered in rust-colored wooly hairs and have a groove on their upper surface. Its flowers are on 1-1.5 centimeter long, black peduncles that are covered in white wooly hairs. The peduncles have a triangular bract about a third of the way up their length. The bract is covered with rust-colored wooly hairs. Its calyx has triangular lobes. It has 3 petals that touch, but are not fused, at their margins. The petals are 20-25 by 3 millimeters and a bit wider at their base. The petals reddish on their outer surface and have wooly hairs on both surfaces. Its round fruit are 2 by 2 centimeters, with a surface covered in small warty projections and gray wooly hairs.[2]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of A. moaensis is shed as permanent tetrads.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It has been observed growing on low coastal hills.[2]
References
- "Annona moaensis León & Alain". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 18, 2019..
- León, Hermano; Alain, Hermano (1946). "El Genero Annona en Cuba" [The Genus Annona in Cuba]. Revista de la Sociedad Cubana de Botánica (in Spanish and Latin). 3 (5): 116–124.
- Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 202: 1–130. JSTOR 41764703.