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Family and Genus Descriptions

Diclinanona Diels. Trees to 20 m tall. Leaves usu-

ally large and coriaceous. Fruit apocarpous, the few
monocarps larger than any other in the family, to 7 cm
long, reddish to black when mature, the exocarp sub-
woody. Seeds usually one per monocarp. Distribution:
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and northeastern Peru.

Annonaceae - Fusaea (2.39x; 19.12 x 9.82)

Guatteria R. & P. Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves with pu-

bescence formed from simple hairs. Infructescence
axillary or borne from the stems. Fruit apocarpous
with up to 40 stipitate monocarps, to 1.5 cm long,
Annonaceae - Diclinanona (1.21x; 32.81 x 20.35)

Duguetia A. St.-Hil. Trees to 8 m tall or shrubs.

Leaves with stellate hairs or conspicuous scales. In-
fructescence usually borne from the stems, some-
times from the trunks. Some species produce sprawl-
ing inflorescences extending to a meter or more from
the base of the trunk, with flowers and fruits that de-
velop under the leaf litter of the forest floor. Fruit
pseudosyncarpous, with numerous apiculate mono-
carps held closely together but not fused, to 14 cm di-
ameter, brown and loosely separated when mature.
Seeds one per monocarp, the endosperm weakly ru-
minate. Distribution: Brazil, Peru, and Suriname.
Annonaceae - Guatteria (3.22x; 11.25 x 6.12)

Annonaceae - Duguetia (1.77x; 21.2 x 8.68) Annonaceae - Guatteria (3.89x; 13.99 x 5.41)

Fusaea (Baill.) Saff. Typically shrubs, but some-

times becoming trees to 20 m tall. Leaves with simple
hairs and conspicuously anastomosing venation. In-
fructescence terminal. Fruit syncarpous, to 9 cm di-
ameter, the carpels completely fused, green or brown
when mature. Seeds numerous per fruit, the endo-
sperm ruminate. Similar to Annona but differentiated
by the presence of a ring at the base of the fruit
formed from part of the receptacle. Distribution:
Widespread in tropical America.
Annonaceae - Guatteria (2.29x; 8.94 x 5.51)