| Agouticarpa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Cordiereae |
| Genus: | Agouticarpa C.H.Perss. |
| Type species | |
| Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. | |
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.
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.
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. S2CID 43781893.
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