Meiocarpidium

Meiocarpidium is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It is distributed in Cameroon, The Central African Republic, The Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.[1] Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the genus, named it after the small number (Latinized form of Greek μείω-, meio-)[2] of carpels in the flowers.[3]

Meiocarpidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Ambavioideae
Genus: Meiocarpidium
Engl. & Diels

Description

Meiocarpidium have solitary hermaphroditic flowers. Their sepals have 3 small folds. Their flowers have 6 petals arranged in two rows of three with the interior a little bigger than the exterior. The flowers' receptacles are slightly convex. Their flowers have numerous stamen. Their flowers have 3-5 carpels with ovules in two ventral rows. Their seeds are brown, oval and are rounded on one side, but angular on the other.[3]

Species

It is a monotypic genus consisting of:

References
  1. "Meiocarpidium Engl. & Diels". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
  3. Engler, A.; Diels, L. (1900). "Anonaceen und Beschreibung Einiger Neuen Gattungen Dieser Familie aus dem Tropischen Afrika". Notizblatt des Königl. Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (in German and Latin). 3: 45–59. doi:10.2307/3993968. JSTOR 3993968.
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