Annona: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Magnoliales
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Annona
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Annona
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Annona
Annona or Anona (from Taíno annon) is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after Guatteria, containing approximately 166 species of mostly Neotropical and Afrotropical trees and shrubs.
The generic name derives from anón, a Hispaniolan Taíno word for the fruit. Paleoethnobotanical studies have dated Annona exploitation and cultivation in the Yautepec River region of Mexico to approximately 1000 BC. Plants of the genus have several common names, including sugar-apple, soursop, anona, cherimoya and guanábana.
Currently, seven Annona species (A. cherimola, A. muricata, A. squamosa, A. reticulata, A. senegalensis, A. scleroderma, A. purpurea) and one hybrid (the atemoya) are cultivated for domestic or commercial use, mostly for the edible and nutritious fruits; several others such as A. crassiflora and A. salzmannii also produce edible fruits. Many of the species are used in traditional medicines for the treatment of a variety of diseases, though their efficacy has yet to be validated scientifically. Several annonaceous species have been found to contain acetogenins, a class of natural compounds with a wide variety of biological activities. The first complete genome for a species in this genus (Annona muricata) was published in 2021. The earliest fossils have been found in the Lance Formation dating to the Late Cretaceous.
...Annona in languages:
- Chinese
- 番荔枝屬
- Czech
- anona
- Japanese
- バンレイシ属
- Polish
- flaszowiec
- Russian
- Аннона
- Thai
- สกุล น้อยหน่า
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alphonsea
- Ambavia
- Anaxagorea
- Annickia
- Annona
- Anonidium
- Artabotrys
- Asimina
- Asteranthe
- Balonga
- Bocagea
- Bocageopsis
- Boutiquea
- Brieya
- Cananga
- Cardiopetalum
- Chieniodendron
- Cleistopholis
- Cremastosperma
- Cyathocalyx
- Cymbopetalum
- Deeringothamnus
- Dendrokingstonia
- Desmopsis
- Diclinanona
- Disepalum
- Drepananthus
- Duckeanthus
- Duguetia
- Ephedranthus
- Fenerivia
- Froesiodendron
- Fusaea
- Goniothalamus
- Greenwayodendron
- Guatteria
- Hexalobus
- Hornschuchia
- Huberantha
- Isolona
- Klarobelia
- Leoheo
- Letestudoxa
- Lettowianthus
- Maasia
- Malmea
- Marsypopetalum
- Meiocarpidium
- Meiogyne
- Mezzettia
- Miliusa
- Mischogyne
- Mitrephora
- Mkilua
- Monocarpia
- Monocyclanthus
- Monodora
- Monoon
- Mosannona
- Mwasumbia
- Neo-uvaria
- Neostenanthera
- Onychopetalum
- Ophrypetalum
- Orophea
- Oxandra
- Phaeanthus
- Phoenicanthus
- Piptostigma
- Platymitra
- Polyalthia
- Polyalthiopsis
- Polyceratocarpus
- Popowia
- Porcelia
- Pseudartabotrys
- Pseudephedranthus
- Pseudomalmea
- Pseudoxandra
- Pseuduvaria
- Ruizodendron
- Sageraea
- Sanrafaelia
- Sapranthus
- Sirdavidia
- Stelechocarpus
- Stenanona
- Tetrameranthus
- Tridimeris
- Trigynaea
- Trivalvaria
- Unonopsis
- Uvariastrum
- Uvarieae
- Uvariodendron
- Uvariopsis
- Wangia
- Wuodendron
- Xylopia
Child Taxa
- Annona acuminata
- Annona acutiflora
- Annona acutifolia
- Annona amazonica
- Annona ambotay
- Annona andicola
- Annona angustifolia
- Annona annonoides
- Annona asplundiana
- Annona atabapensis
- Annona aurantiaca
- Annona bahiensis
- Annona boliviana
- Annona bullata
- Annona cacans
- Annona caesia
- Annona calcarata
- Annona calophylla
- Annona caput-medusae
- Annona cascarilloides
- Annona cercocarpa
- Annona cherimola
- Annona cherimola × squamosa
- Annona cherimolioides
- Annona contrerasii
- Annona coriacea
- Annona cornifolia
- Annona crassiflora
- Annona crassivenia
- Annona cristalensis
- Annona crotonifolia
- Annona cubensis
- Annona cuspidata
- Annona deceptrix
- Annona deminuta
- Annona dioica
- Annona dolabripetala
- Annona dolichopetala
- Annona dolichophylla
- Annona domingensis
- Annona duckei
- Annona dumetorum
- Annona ecuadorensis
- Annona edulis
- Annona ekmanii
- Annona emarginata
- Annona exsucca
- Annona ferruginea
- Annona glabra
- Annona globiflora
- Annona gracilis
- Annona haematantha
- Annona haitiensis
- Annona havanensis
- Annona hayesii
- Annona helosioides
- Annona herzogii
- Annona hispida
- Annona holosericea
- Annona hypoglauca
- Annona hystricoides
- Annona ionophylla
- Annona jahnii
- Annona jamaicensis
- Annona leptopetala
- Annona liebmanniana
- Annona longiflora
- Annona longipes
- Annona macroprophyllata
- Annona manabiensis
- Annona maritima
- Annona moaensis
- Annona montana
- Annona monticola
- Annona mucosa
- Annona muricata
- Annona nana
- Annona neglecta
- Annona neoamazonica
- Annona neochrysocarpa
- Annona neoinsignis
- Annona neosalicifolia
- Annona neosericea
- Annona nitida
- Annona nutans
- Annona oligocarpa
- Annona pachyantha
- Annona palmeri
- Annona paludosa
- Annona papilionella
- Annona parviflora
- Annona pickelii
- Annona pittieri
- Annona praetermissa
- Annona pruinosa
- Annona purpurea
- Annona quinduensis
- Annona rensoniana
- Annona reticulata
- Annona rufinervis
- Annona rugulosa
- Annona salicifolia
- Annona salzmannii
- Annona scandens
- Annona scleroderma
- Annona sclerophylla
- Annona senegalensis
- Annona sericea
- Annona spinescens
- Annona spraguei
- Annona squamosa
- Annona stenophylla
- Annona sylvatica
- Annona tomentosa
- Annona urbaniana
- Annona vepretorum
- Annona warmingiana
- Annona xylopiifolia
- Annona × atemoya































































































































































