Uvaria

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Genus of plants in the Annonaceae family

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::summary Genus of plants in the Annonaceae family ::

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Anomianthus Zoll.
Balonga Le Thomas
Cyathostemma Griff.
Dasoclema J.Sinclair
Ellipeia Hook.f. & Thomson
Ellipeiopsis R.E.Fr.
Marenteria Thouars
Melodorum Lour.
Narum Adans.
Pyragma Noronha
Rauwenhoffia Scheff.
Tetrapetalum Miq.
Uvariella Ridl.
Xylopiastrum Roberty |synonyms_ref = |type_species = Uvaria zeylanica |type_species_authority = L. |

Uvaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. The generic name Uvaria is derived from the Latin uva, 'grape', because the fruit of some species in the genus resemble grapes. Species are distributed throughout the Old World tropics.

Description

Species in this genus are lianas or climbing shrubs. They are woody and without hooks or spines, but almost all parts have stellate (star-shaped) hairs. Other shared features include bisexual flowers (i.e. having functional male and female parts in each flower), sepals connected edge to edge (valvate), petals overlapping (imbricate) and arranged in two whorls, pollen grains solitary, and fruit.

Taxonomy

The genus Uvaria was erected by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 to accommodate two new species – (the type species) and U. japonica (now Kadsura japonica). By 2009, the genus contained about 150–190 species and was considered to be paraphyletic. In that year, Zhou et al published a study that used molecular analysis, and as a result they transferred a total of 15 species from the closely related genera Anomianthus, Cyathostemma, Ellipeia, Ellipeiopsis and Rauwenhoffia. , 171 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online.

Distribution

Species are present in tropical and southern Africa, including Madagascar; also the Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and the states of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

Selected species

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Main article: List of Uvaria species

There are 171 accepted Uvaria species , according to Plants of the World Online.

Uvaria chamae P.Beauv. – Finger-root, China
Uvaria dulcis Dunal - Tropical Asia (E. Indonesia, Jawa, Mainland Southeast Asia)
Uvaria grandiflora Roxb. ex Hornem. - Indochina and Malesia
Uvaria leichhardtii (F.Muell.) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders – New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia
Uvaria macclurei Diels – southern China
Uvaria narum (Dunal) Wall. - Indian subcontinent
Uvaria rufa (Dunal) Blume; Susung-kalabaw, Australia to Philippines & Indochina
Uvaria siamensis (Scheff.) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders – Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia

Formerly placed here

Kadsura japonica (L.) Dunal (as U. japonica L.)
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as U. odorata Lam.)
Oxandra lanceolata (Sw.) Baill. (as U. lanceolata Sw.)
Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. (as U. cerasoides Roxb.)
Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) Thwaites (as U. longifolia Sonn.)
Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart. (as U. aromatica Lam.)

References

"''Uvaria'' L.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "GRIN Species Records of ''Uvaria''". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
. (n.d.). ["''Uvaria'' L."](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30043123-2#children). *The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
(2022). "''Uvaria''". [[Australian Biological Resources Study]], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
(2025). "''Uvaria'' L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 536 (1753)". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
(2025). "''Uvaria'' L.".
"''Uvaria'' L.". Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA..
(2009). "Molecular phylogenetic support for a broader delimitation of ''Uvaria'' (Annonaceae), inclusive of ''Anomianthus'', ''Cyathostemma'', ''Ellipeia'', ''Ellipeiopsis'' and ''Rauwenhofﬁa''". Systematics and Biodiversity.

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