Annonaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 283. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Bakker, M. E. (2002). Annonaceae: Neotropical Genera and Species. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam. [CD-ROM.])
  • Kessler, P. J. A. (1993a). Annonaceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds),The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 93–129. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Sinclair, J. (1955). The revision of the Malayan Annonaceae. Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 14: 149–516.
  • Van Heusden, E. C. H. (1992). Flowers of Annonaceae: morphology, classification, and evolution. Blumea suppl. 7: 1–218.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1971). Annonaceae. In: E. Milne-Redhead & R. M. Polhill (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London.

Neotropikey

  • Chatrou, L.W. (1998). Changing genera. Systematic studies in Neotropical and West African Annonaceae. pp.1-224. PhD thesis. Utrecht.
  • Couvreur, T.L.P., Maas, P.J.M., Meinke, S., Johnson, D.M. & Kessler, P.J.A. (2012). Keys to the genera of Annonaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 169(1): 74-83.
  • Erkens, R.H.J. (2007). From morphological nightmare to molecular conundrum. Phylogenetic, evolutionary and taxonomic studies on Guatteria (Annonacae).  pp.1-276. PhD thesis. Utrecht.
  • Johnson, D.M. & N.A. Murray. (1995). Synopsis of the tribe Bocageeae (Annonaceae) with revisions of Cardiopetalum, Froesiodendron, Trigynaea, Bocagea, and Hornschuchia. Brittonia 47: 248-319.
  • Kessler, P.J.A. (1993). Annonaceae, pp 93-129. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The families and genera of vascular plants vol 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Maas, P.J.M. & L.Y.Th. Westra (1984)/85. Studies in Annonaceae II. A monograph of the genus Anaxagorea A. St.-Hil. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 105: 73-134. (1984); Bot Jahrb. Syst. 105: 145-204. (1985).
  • Maas, P.J.M. & L.Y.Th. Westra. (2003). Revision of the Neotropical genus Pseudoxandra. Blumea 48: 201-259.
  • Maas, P.J.M. & L.Y.Th. Westra.(1992). Rollinia (Annonaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 57: 1-188.
  • Maas, P.J.M., L.Y.Th. Westra & M. Vermeer. (2007). Revision of the Neotropical genera Bocageopsis, Onychoptalum, and Unonopsis (Annonaceae). Blumea 52: 413-554.
  • Maas, P.J.M., L.Y.Th. Westra and L.W. Chatrou. (2003). Duguetia (Annonaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 88: 1-274.
  • Murray, N.A. (1993). Revision of Cymbopetalum and Porcelia (Annonaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 40: 1-121.
  • Oliveira, J. & M.F. Sales. (1999). Estudo taxonomico dos generos Ephedranthus S. Moore e Pseudephedranthus Aristeg. - Annonaceae. Bol. Mus. Paraense Emilio Goeldi, n.s., Bot. 15(2): 117-166.
  • Pirie, M.D.  (2005). Cremastosperma (and other evolutionary digressions). Molecular phylogenetic, biogeographic, and taxonomic studies in Neotropical Annonacae. pp.1-256. PhD thesis. Utrecht.
  • Westra, L.Y. Th. (1985). Studies in Annonaceae IV. A taxonomic revision of Tetrameranthus R.E. Fries. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C. 88: 449-482.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Chaowasku T., Johnson D.M., Van der Ham, R.W.J.M. & Chatrou, L.W. (2012). Characterization of Hubera (Annonaceae), a new genus segregated from Polyalthia and allied to Miliusa. Phytotaxa 69: 33–56.
  • Chaowasku, T. & Keßler, P.J.A. (2006). Miliusa lanceolata (Annonaceae), a new species from Papua New Guinea. Blumea 51: 553–557.
  • Chaowasku, T. & Keßler, P.J.A. (2013). Phylogeny of Miliusa (Magnoliales: Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae), with descriptions of two new species from Malesia. European J. Taxonomy 54: 1–21.
  • Couvreur, T.L.P., Maas, P.J.M., Meinke, S., Johnson, D.M., & Keßler, P.J.A. (2012). Keys to the genera of Annonaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 169: 74–83.
  • Mols, J.B., Keßler, P.J.A., Rogstad, S.H. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2008). Reassignment of Six Polyalthia Species to the new genus Maasia (Annonaceae): Molecular and morphological congruence. Syst. Bot. 33:490–494.
  • Su, Y.C.F. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2006). Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 79: 1–204.
  • Su, Y.C.F., Chaowasku, T. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2010). An extended phylogeny of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae) with descriptions of three new species and a reassessment of the generic status of Oreomitra. Syst. Bot. 35: 30–39.
  • Su, Y.C.F., Mols, J.B., Takeuchi, W., Keßler, P.J.A. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2005). Reassessing the generic status of Petalolophus (Annonaceae): evidence for the evolution of a distinct sapromyophilous lineage within Pseuduvaria. Syst. Bot. 30: 494–502.
  • Surveswaran, S., Wang, R.J., Su, Y.C.F. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2010). Generic delimitation and historical biogeography in the early-divergent ‘ambavioid’ lineage of Annonaceae: Cananga, Cyathocalyx and Drepananthus. Taxon 59: 1721–1734.
  • Turner, I.M. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2009). A history of Cananga (Annonaceae). Gard. Bull. Sing. 61: 189–204.
  • Weerasooriya, A.D. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2010). Monograph of Mitrephora (Annonaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 90:1–167.
  • Xue, B., Su, Y.C.F., Thomas, D.C. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2012). Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon. Taxon 61: 1021–1039.
  • van Heusden, E.C.H. (1994). Revision of Meiogyne (Annonaceae). Blumea 38: 487–511.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0