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Annonoideae
3-622.20.00English: Custard apple family; Soursop family.
Members: 108 genera; ± 2400 species.
Region: Neotropical, 900 species; Afrotropical, 450 species; Indomalayan, 1050 species.
Habitat: tropical.
Use: bark for ropes.BotanyTrees, shrubs, some lianas; deciduous or evergreen; long branch clade.
Stem: wood like spiderweb; bark strong, ropy, aromatic.
Leaves: distichous; aromatic; simple, alternate, entire margin; stipules absent.
Inflorescence: axillary, internodal, cauliflorous.
Flowers: aromatic; petals imbricate; inaperturate pollen.
Sepals: small.
Stamen: short filaments.
Carpels: free.
Seed: endosperm ruminate!TaxonomyAnnonoideae is one of the 2 main Subfamilies of Annonaceae. The other is Malmeoideae.DifferentiationFlower: size, arrangement, number of sepals, petals, stamens, carpels.
Fruit: type, fleshy or dry; individual or aggregate.
Inflorescence: solitary vs. clusters.
Region: The region or habitat where each tribe is predominantly found.
Leaves: shape, arrangement, texture.
Members: 108 genera; ± 2400 species.
Region: Neotropical, 900 species; Afrotropical, 450 species; Indomalayan, 1050 species.
Habitat: tropical.
Use: bark for ropes.BotanyTrees, shrubs, some lianas; deciduous or evergreen; long branch clade.
Stem: wood like spiderweb; bark strong, ropy, aromatic.
Leaves: distichous; aromatic; simple, alternate, entire margin; stipules absent.
Inflorescence: axillary, internodal, cauliflorous.
Flowers: aromatic; petals imbricate; inaperturate pollen.
Sepals: small.
Stamen: short filaments.
Carpels: free.
Seed: endosperm ruminate!TaxonomyAnnonoideae is one of the 2 main Subfamilies of Annonaceae. The other is Malmeoideae.DifferentiationFlower: size, arrangement, number of sepals, petals, stamens, carpels.
Fruit: type, fleshy or dry; individual or aggregate.
Inflorescence: solitary vs. clusters.
Region: The region or habitat where each tribe is predominantly found.
Leaves: shape, arrangement, texture.