Uvaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Annonaceae
Subfamilia: Annonoideae
Tribus: Uvarieae
Genus: Uvaria
Species: U. acuminata – U. afzelii – U. ambongoensis – U. angolensis – U. anonoides – U. antsiranensis – U. argentea – U. bathiei – U. baumannii – U. beccarii – U. boniana – U. borneensis – U. brazzavillensis – U. brevistipitata – U. buchholzii – U. cabindensis – U. cabrae – U. caffra – U. calamistrata – U. capuronii – U. catocarpa – U. chamae – U. cherrevensis – U. cinerascens – U. clavata – U. clementis – U. combretifolia – U. comperei – U. concava – U. cornuana – U. cuanzensis – U. cuneifolia – U. curvistipitata – U. dacremontii – U. dasoclema – U. decaryana – U. decidua – U. denhardtiana – U. dependens – U. dinklagei – U. diplocampta – U. doeringii – U. dulcis – U. excelsa – U. farquharii – U. faulknerae – U. forbesii – U. furfuracea – U. gabonensis – U. gilva – U. glabra – U. grandiflora – U. griffithii – U. hahnii – U. hamiltonii – U. heterotricha – U. hirsuta – U. hispidocostata – U. huana – U. humbertii – U. javana – U. johannis – U. kingii – U. kirkii – U. klaineana – U. klainei – U. kurzii – U. kweichowensis – U. lanuginosa – U. lastoursvillensis – U. latifolia – U. laurentii – U. leandrii – U. leichhardtii – U. lemurica – U. leopoldvillensis – U. leptoclados – U. leptopoda – U. littoralis – U. lobbiana – U. longipes – U. longipes – U. lucida – U. lungonyana – U. manjensis – U. marenteria – U. mendesii – U. micrantha – U. mocoli – U. monticola – U. muricata – U. musaria – U. narum – U. ngounyensis – U. obanensis – U. oligocarpa – U. osmantha – U. osmontha – U. ovata – U. pandensis – U. papuasica – U. poggei – U. psorosperma – U. puguensis – U. pulchra – U. relambo – U. rivularis – U. rufa – U. rupestre – U. saboureaui – U. sambiranensis – U. sankowskyi – U. sassandrensis – U. scabrida – U. scabridula – U. schefferi – U. schweinfurthii – U. siamensis – U. smithii – U. sofa – U. suaveolens – U. tanzaniae – U. thomasii – U. timoriensis – U. tonkinensis – U. topazensis – U. uhrii – U. unguiculata – U. utteridgei – U. utteridgei – U. valvata – U. verrucosa – U. versicolor – U. welwitschii – U. wrayi – U. yunnanensis – U. zeylanica
Name

Uvaria L. Sp. Pl. 1: 536 (1753)

Type species: Uvaria zeylanica L.Sp. Pl. 1: 536 (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Waria Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 604, t. 243. (1775) orth. var.
Heterotypic
Narum Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 365. (1763)
Melodorum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 351. (1790) pro parte the seven Australian species.
Pyragma Noronha in Verh. Balav. Gen. v. (1790) ed. I. Art. iv. 3.
Marenteria Thouars Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 18. (1806)
Cyathostemma Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 707., t. 650. (1854)
Ellipeia Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] i. 104 (1855)
Anomianthus Zoll. Linnaea 29: 324. (1858)
Rauwenhoffia Scheff. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ii 21 (1885)
Uva Kuntze Revisio Generum Plantarum 1 (1891)
Uvariella Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. i. 35 (1922)
Dasoclema J.Sinclair Gard. Bull. Singapore 14: 273. (1955)
Ellipeiopsis R.E.Fr. Ark. Bot. ser. 2, 3: 41. (1955)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 536.
Botermans, M., Sosef, M.S., Chatrou, L.W. & Couvreur, T.L. 2011. Revision of the African genus Hexalobus (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany 36(1): 33–48. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553108 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Uvaria. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2016.
The Plant List 2013. Uvaria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Aug. 19.
Tropicos.org 2016. Uvaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Aug. 19.
Turner, I.M. 2015. A conspectus of Indo‐Burmese Annonaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 33(3): 257–299. DOI: 10.1111/njb.00689 Reference page.
Zhou, L., Su, Y.C. & Saunders, R.M. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic support for a broader delimitation of Uvaria (Annonaceae), inclusive of Anomianthus, Cyathostemma, Ellipeia, Ellipeiopsis and Rauwenhoffia. Systematics and Biodiversity 7(3): 249-258. DOI: /10.1017/S1477200009003028 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Zhou, L., Su, Y.C., Chalermglin, P. & Saunders, R.M. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of Uvaria (Annonaceae): relationships with Balonga, Dasoclema and Australian species of Melodorum. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(1): 33-43. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01045.x Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Zhou, L., Su, Y.C., Thomas, D.C. & Saunders, R.M. 2012. ‘Out‐of‐Africa’dispersal of tropical floras during the Miocene climatic optimum: evidence from Uvaria (Annonaceae). Journal of Biogeography 39(2): 322-335. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02598.x Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.

Uvaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. The generic name uvaria is derived from the Latin uva meaning grape, likely because the edible fruit of some species in the genus resemble grapes.

Circumscription

Species are distributed throughout the Old World tropics.[2] This large genus had about 150 species,[2] but recent molecular analyses have revealed that several smaller genera belong within Uvaria, increasing its size.[3]

These are climbing shrubs or small trees. The flowers are borne singly, in pairs, or in small clusters. There are six petals in two whorls and many stamens.[2]
Selected species
Uvaria grandiflora in Singapore
Uvaria ovata, native to West Africa.
Main article: List of Uvaria species

There are 168 accepted Uvaria species, as of April 2021, according to Plants of the World Online.[4]

Uvaria chamae P.Beauv. – Finger-root, China
Uvaria dulcis Dunal - Tropical Asia (E. Indonesia, Jawa, Mainland Southeast Asia)
Uvaria grandiflora Roxb. ex Hornem. - Indochina, Malesia
Uvaria kweichowensis P.T.Li - Tropical Africa
Uvaria narum (Dunal) Wall. - Indian subcontinent
Uvaria rufa (Dunal) Blume; Susung-kalabaw, Australia to Philippines & Indochina
Uvaria zeylanica L. - type species - India, Sri Lanka

Formerly placed here

Kadsura japonica (L.) Dunal (as U. japonica L.)
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as U. odorata Lam.)
Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill. (as U. lanceolata Sw.)
Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. (as U. cerasoides Roxb.)
Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) Thwaites (as U. longifolia Sonn.)
Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart. (as U. aromatica Lam.)[5][6]

References

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1996-09-17). "Genus: Uvaria L." Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
Uvaria. Flora of China.
LinLin, Z., Su, Y. C. F., & Saunders, R. M. K. (2009). Molecular phylogenetic support for a broader delimitation of Uvaria (Annonaceae), inclusive of Anomianthus, Cyathostemma, Ellipeia, Ellipeiopsis and Rauwenhoffia. Systematics and Biodiversity, 7(3), 249-258.
"Uvaria L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Species Records of Uvaria". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
"Uvaria L." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2020.