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Annonaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 283. 1789. nom. cons. 'Annona or Pawpaw Family'
Annonaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 283. 1789. nom. cons. 'Annona or Pawpaw Family'
Characteristic Features
Characteristic Features
Members are trees, shrubs or woody climbers.
Leaves alternate, distichous, exstipulate, often with metallic sheen.
Flowers trimerous with numerous spirally arranged floral parts.
Stamens and carpels many and free.
Fruit an aggregate of berries.
Ruminate endosperm in seeds.
Diversity:
Diversity:
World- 128 genera, 2106 species (The Plant List 2013); 105 genera, 2500 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 107 genera, 2450 species (Mabberley 2017); 122 genera, 2440 species (CoL 2021)
India - 23 genera, 135 species (Karthikeyan et al. 2009); 25 genera, 154 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 15 genera, 37 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 5 genera, 6 species (Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Annonaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onward)
Annonaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Annonaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Magnolianae, Order- Magnoliales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Thalamiflorae
Orders : Ranales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Ranales
Suborder : Magnoliineae
Hutchinson (1973)
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Annonales
Cronquist (1988)
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Magnoliales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Magnolianae
Order : Magnoliales
Takhtajan (2009)
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Nymphaeanae
Order : Annonales
Reveal (2012)
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Magnolianae
Order : Magnoliales
APG-IV (2016)
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Magnoliids
Order : Magnoliales
Shipunov (2020)
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Magnoliales
Suborder : Magnoliineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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***Cultivated Flora***
***Cultivated Flora***
Annona squamosa L.
Vernacular name: Sugar apple, Sweetsop (English); Muktaphal, Sitaphal (Hindi)
Nativity: Mexico to Colombia (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Small trees. Leaf blade elliptical to oblong. Flower whitish- green or yellow. Fruit conical or somewhat globose.
Flowering period: March to May
Propagation Methods: Propagated by seed or by grafting (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed near Garden Section
Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (=Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites)
Vernacular name: Green champa, Telegraph pole tree (English); Ashok (Hindi)
Nativity: South India and Sri Lanka (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Tree with pendulous branches. Leaves, dark green, oblong- lanceolate, margin undulate. Flowers on thick branches, greenish.
Flowering period: February to May
Propagation Methods: Propagated by softwood cutting, and air layering or from seeds (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed @ CVAS
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