Friesodielsia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species found in the Old World, mostly in the tropics. A molecular study shows that Friesodielsia should be more narrowly circumscribed, with the only species remaining being the Asian ones, which can also be distinguished by their possession of globose or ellipsoid monocarps, and six petals per flower arranged in two whorls.[2]

Friesodielsia
Friesodielsia desmoides at the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Annonoideae
Tribe: Uvarieae
Genus: Friesodielsia
Steenis[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Oxymitra (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Schefferomitra[a] Diels

Species

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As of April 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Schefferomitra is represented by a single species, Schefferomitra subaequalis, found in New Guinea.

References

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  1. ^ Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 17: 458. (1948)
  2. ^ a b Guo, Xing; Hoekstra, Paul H.; Tang, Chin Cheung; Thomas, Daniel C.; Wieringa, Jan J.; Chatrou, Lars W.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2017). "Cutting up the climbers: Evidence for extensive polyphyly in Friesodielsia (Annonaceae) necessitates generic realignment across the tribe Uvarieae". Taxon. 66: 3–19. doi:10.12705/661.1.
  3. ^ "Friesodielsia Steenis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-04-07.