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[Genus of flowering plants] [Other uses] {{Automatic taxobox | image = Abuta
selloana.jpg | image_caption = _Abuta selloana_: Illustrations A-F from A.
Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 46 | taxon = Abuta | authority = Aubl. |
subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
_ABUTA_ is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32
species, native to tropical Central and South America.
** Description
It consists in dioecious climbers or rarely erect trees or shrubs (_Abuta
concolor_) with simple leaves. Flowers in composed panicles. Male flowers:
sepals 6, in 2 whorls, petals absent, stamens 6, connate or free, introrse,
anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence. Female flowers: sepals
and petals as in male, staminodes 6, carpels 3, drupes ovoid, endocarp woody,
condyle septiform, endosperm ruminate, embryo curved, cotyledons appressed.
It inhabits tropical rain forests.
** Taxonomy
_Abuta_ is usually classified in the tribe Anomospermeae Miers, together with
_Anomospermum_ Miers.
*** Synonymy
The genera _Anelasma_ <small>Miers</small> and _Batschia_
<small>Thunb.</small> have been brought into synonymy with _Abuta_.
** Uses
_Abuta_ is one of the components of the arrow poison curare of some indigenous
tribes of South America (especially _Abuta imene_ from Colombia). Roots of
_Abuta rufescens_ are used as medicinal in diseases of the urogenital tract,
but it is dangerous.[1]
** Species
Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024:<ref
name=POWO>[id=26864-1 ] [Div col]
- _Abuta acutifolia_ [Miers]
- _Abuta alto-macahensis_ [Feliz & J.M.A.Braga]
- _Abuta antioquiana_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta aristeguietae_ [Kurkoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta barbata_ [Miers]
- _Abuta brevifolia_ [Krukoff & Moldenke]
- _Abuta bullata_ [Moldenke]
- _Abuta candollei_ [Triana & Planch.]
- _Abuta chiapasensis_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta chocoensis_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta colombiana_ [Moldenke]
- _Abuta dwyeriana_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta fluminum_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta grandifolia_ [(Mart.) Sandwith]
- _Abuta grisebachii_ [Triana & Planch.]
- _Abuta imene_ [(Mart.) Eichler]
- _Abuta longa_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta mycetandra_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta obovata_ [Diels]
- _Abuta pahni_ [(Mart.) Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta panamensis_ [(Standl.) Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta panurensis_ [Eichler]
- _Abuta platyphylla_ [Mart. ex Eichler]
- _Abuta racemosa_ [Triana & Planch.]
- _Abuta rufescens_ [Aubl.]
- _Abuta sandwithiana_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta seemannii_ [Triana & Planch.]
- _Abuta selloana_ [Eichler]
- _Abuta solimoesensis_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta soukupii_ [Moldenke]
- _Abuta spicata_ [(Thunb.) Triana & Planch.]
- _Abuta steyermarkii_ [(Standl.) Standl.]
- _Abuta vaupesensis_ [Krukoff & Barneby]
- _Abuta velutina_ [Gleason]
[Div col end]
** References
[Reflist]
** Further reading
- [ language = Latin, German ] [ monographic revision of the genus ]
- [ last=Barneby ] [ taxonomic partial revision ]
- [ author = Kessler, P. J. A. ]
** External links
- Images of _Abuta panamensis_ from La Flora Digital de La Selva, Costa Rica (see http://sura.ots.ac.cr/florula4/find_sp2.php?customer=Abuta+panamensis&busca=Buscar#)
[from=Q4670690] [Authority control]
Category:Menispermaceae Category:Menispermaceae genera Category:Flora of the
Neotropical realm Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée
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