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Agouticarpa

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Agouticarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Cordiereae
Genus: Agouticarpa
C.H.Perss.
Type species
Agouticarpa williamsii

Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.[1]

Description

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Agouticarpa is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Persson C (2003). "Agouticarpa, a new neotropical genus of tribe Gardenieae (Rubiaceae)". Brittonia. 55 (2): 176–201. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0176:AANNGO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 43781893.
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