Sirdavidia
| Sirdavidia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Sirdavidia Couvreur & Sauquet |
| Species: | S. solannona |
| Binomial name | |
| Sirdavidia solannona Couvreur & Sauquet | |
Sirdavidia is a monotypic genus of plant from the family Annonaceae described in February 4, 2015 by Thomas L.P. Couvreur of France's Institute of Research for Development, Raoul Niangadouma of the Herbier National du Gabon, Bonaventure Sonké of the University of Yaoundé, and Hervé Sauquet of Université Paris-Sud. The genus was named in honor of Sir David Attenborough. The type species Sirdavidia solannona was discovered and collected in Gabon in Crystal Mountains National Park on November 15, 2013 at elevations of 300–600 meters and named after its flowers resembling Solanum species.[1]
Description
Sirdavidia is distinguished from other Annonaceae by its floral morphology, which resembles that of Solanum flowers and is indicative of buzz pollination, a phenomenon that has never been observed in Annonaceae or Magnoliidae but is common amongst Solanaceae.
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- ↑ Couvreur, Thomas L.P.; Niangadouma, Raoul; Sonké, Bonaventure; Sauquet, Hervé (2015). "Sirdavidia, an extraordinary new genus of Annonaceae from Gabon". PhytoKeys 46: 1–19. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.46.8937.