Agouticarpa

Agouticarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Claes Persson in 2003. The genus is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.^[1]

Agouticarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Cordiereae
Genus:	Agouticarpa C.H.Perss.
Type species
Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss.

Description

Agouticarpa is characterized by being dioecious, having elliptic to obovate, membranaceous stipules, male flowers in a branched dichasial or thyrse-like inflorescence, a poorly developed cup-shaped calyx, pollen grains with 3-7 apertures, and large globose fruits.^[1]

Species

• Agouticarpa curviflora (Dwyer) C.H.Perss. - Panama to Bolivia
• Agouticarpa grandistipula C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
• Agouticarpa hirsuta C.H.Perss. - Ecuador
• Agouticarpa isernii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
• Agouticarpa spinosa C.H.Perss. & Delprete - Peru
• Agouticarpa velutina C.H.Perss. - Ecuador, Peru
• Agouticarpa williamsii (Standl.) C.H.Perss. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador