Boutiquea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Magnoliales

Familia: Annonaceae
Subfamilia: Annonoideae
Tribus: Annoneae
Genus: Boutiquea
Species: B. platypetala
Name

Boutiquea Le Thomas Adansonia, n.s. 5(4): 531. (1966)

monotypic taxon

References

Le Thomas, A. 1966. Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 5(4): 531.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Boutiquea. Published online. Accessed: July 21 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Boutiquea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 July 21.

Boutiquea is a monotypic genus[1][2] of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing the single species Boutiquea platypetala. It is native to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.[1]

This plant is known to science by only 14 specimens collected from eight locations. It is a shrub or tree generally growing 3 to 5 metres (10 to 16 ft) tall, sometimes reaching 10 metres (33 ft). It has showy flowers and fruits. Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads.[3] It grows in evergreen forest habitat.[1]

This is a vulnerable species threatened by habitat loss as forest is cleared for agriculture.[1]
References

Cheek, M. 2014. Boutiquea platypetala. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. Downloaded on 28 September 2015.
Chatrou, L. W.; et al. (2012). "A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (1): 5–40. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01235.x.
Guo, Xing; Tang, Chin Cheung; Thomas, Daniel C.; Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Saunders, Richard M. K. (2017). "A mega-phylogeny of the Annonaceae: taxonomic placement of five enigmatic genera and support for a new tribe, Phoenicantheae". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 7323. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07252-2. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5544705. PMID 28779135.