Mitrephora
Mitrephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae, that are native to an area that extends from China in the north to Queensland. Plants in the genus Mitrephora are also found in southern India and Southeast Asia.
Description
Plants in the genus Mitrephora are trees or shrubs, the young shoots covered with reddish-brown hairs. The flowers are bisexual, usually arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils. The sepals are valvate and fused at the base. The petals are valvate, the outer petals broad, flat and spreading, the inner petals with a broadly egg-shaped or spade-shaped blade with a long, narrow hinge at the base. The edges of the blades are fused. The stamens are wedge-shaped and the anthers are hidden. There are usually many carpels containing several ovules, and the stigma is more or less sessile. The fruit is fleshy, more or less spherical and yellow, containing several seeds.Taxonomy
The genus Mitrephora was first formally described in 1830 by Carl Ludwig Blume who gave it the name Uvaria sect. Mitrephorae in his Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium. In 1855, Joseph Dalton Hooker and [Thomas Thomas Thomson (botanist)|Thomson (botanist)|Thomas Thomson] raised the genus Mitrephora in their book Flora Indica. The genus name is from Greek mitra a "head dress" and phoretos meaning to "bear" or "wear", referring to the inner petals.Species list
The following is a list of Mitrephora species accepted by Plants of the World Online as at July 2024:Mitrephora alba Ridl.Mitrephora amdjahii Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora andamanica Thoth. & D.DasMitrephora basilanensis Merr.Mitrephora cagayanensis Merr.Mitrephora calcarea Diels ex Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora chulabhorniana Damth., Aongyong & ChaowaskuMitrephora clemensiorum Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora diversifolia Miq. Mitrephora endertii Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora ferruginea Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.Mitrephora fragrans Merr.Mitrephora glabra Scheff.Mitrephora grandiflora Bedd.Mitrephora harae H.OhashiMitrephora heyneana ThwaitesMitrephora imbricatarum-apicum H.OkadaMitrephora keithii Ridl.Mitrephora korthalsiana Miq.Mitrephora kostermansii Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora lanotan Merr.Mitrephora longipetala Miq.Mitrephora macclurei Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora macrocarpa Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora maingayi Hook.f. & ThomsonMitrephora monocarpa R.M.K.Saunders & ChalermglinMitrephora multifolia Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora obtusa Hook.f. & ThomsonMitrephora pallens Jovet-AstMitrephora petelotii Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora phanrangensis Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora pictiflora ElmerMitrephora poilanei Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora polypyrena Zoll.Mitrephora reflexa Merr.Mitrephora rufescens Ridl.Mitrephora samarensis Merr.Mitrephora simeuluensis Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora sirikitiae Weeras., Chalermglin & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora sorsogonensis Elmer ex Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora sukhothaiensis Leerat., Chalermglin & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora sundaica Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora tomentosa Hook.f. & ThomsonMitrephora uniflora Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora vittata Weeras. & R.M.K.SaundersMitrephora vulpina C.E.C.Fisch.Mitrephora wangii HuMitrephora weberi Merr.Mitrephora williamsii C.B.Rob.Mitrephora winitii CraibMitrephora woodii Weeras. & R.M.K.Saunders.