Monodora laurentii

Monodora laurentii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Monodora
Species:	M. laurentii
Binomial name
	Monodora laurentii; De Wild.

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.[1] Émile De Wildeman, the Belgian botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Marcel Laurent, the Belgian botanist who collected many plant specimens in the regions along the Congo River.[2][3]

Description

Its papery leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 5-8 millimeters long. Its flowers are solitary and axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 17-20 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 sepals that are 4 by 12 millimeters. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are 12 by 42 millimeters and arched. The inner petals are 10 by 13 millimeters. Its purple fruit are 8 by 2.2 centimeters with 5 lateral ribs. Each fruit has about 12 shiny brown seeds that are 12 millimeters long.[2]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of M. laurentii is shed as permanent tetrads.[4]

References

"Monodora laurentii De Wild". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
Wildeman, E. de (1909). Annales du Museé du Congo: Études de systématique et de géographie botaniques sur la flore du Bas- et du Moyen-Congo [Annals of the Museum of Congo: Studies of botanical systematics and geography on the flora of the Lower and Middle Congo] (in French and Latin). t.2. Brussels: Par ordre du Secrétaire d'États.
"Laurent, Marcel (1879-1924)". BESTOR (in French). February 19, 2019.
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.

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[1] "Monodora laurentii De Wild". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

[Wildeman1909-2] Wildeman, E. de (1909). Annales du Museé du Congo: Études de systématique et de géographie botaniques sur la flore du Bas- et du Moyen-Congo [Annals of the Museum of Congo: Studies of botanical systematics and geography on the flora of the Lower and Middle Congo] (in French and Latin). t.2. Brussels: Par ordre du Secrétaire d'États.

[3] "Laurent, Marcel (1879-1924)". BESTOR (in French). February 19, 2019.

[CouvreurBotermans2008-4] Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.