Afroguatteria
Afroguatteria is a small genus of vines in the family Annonaceae, native to Cabinda, Cameroon and Zaire in west Africa.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 3 species:- Afroguatteria bequaertii Boutique
- Afroguatteria discostigma
- Afroguatteria globosa C.N.Paiva
Taxonomy
The genus was first described and published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles in 1951.The genus name of Afroguatteria is in honour of Giambattista Guatteri, an Italian professor of botany in Parma, and the continent, where the plants were found, 'Afro' - africa.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.