Agouticarpa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Cordiereae
Genus: Agouticarpa
Species: A. curviflora – A. grandistipula – A. hirsuta – A. isernii – A. spinosa – A. velutina – A. williamsii
Name

Agouticarpa C.H.Perss., Brittonia 55: 180. (2003)

Type species: Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss., Brittonia 55: 197. (2003)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica, Panama.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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 JSTOR Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agouticarpa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agouticarpa. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2019.
Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Agouticarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 22.

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

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

Agouticarpa curviflora (Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
Agouticarpa grandistipula C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
Agouticarpa hirsuta C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
Agouticarpa isernii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Agouticarpa spinosa C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
Agouticarpa velutina C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

References

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.