Sapranthus
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Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae
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Their flowers are pollinated by flies
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Annonaceae
Annonaceae, also called the custard apple familyis a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or rarely lianas.With about 2300 to 2500 species and more than 130 genera,...
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Their flowers are pollinated by flies
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
, and smell accordingly like decaying organic matter.
Species
- Sapranthus borealis
- Sapranthus campechianus
- Sapranthus foetidus
- Sapranthus humilis
- Sapranthus ligularis
- Sapranthus longepedunculatus
- Sapranthus megistanthus
- Sapranthus microcarpus
- Sapranthus nicaraguensis
- Sapranthus palanga
- Sapranthus stenopetalus
- Sapranthus viridiflorus