Orophea
Orophea is a genus of phanerogamous plants with 104 species belonging to the Annonaceae family. They are native to eastern, southern, and southeastern Asia.
Description
They're Zettiopsis Ridley. Erect trees or shrubs. Blade small with diaphanous spots. Axillary, cymose, stalked or sessile inflorescences, with 1 - or several flowers. Bisexual flowers. Sepals 3, smaller than the outer petals. Petals 6, in 2 whorls, free, each whorl valvate; outer petals ovate or obovate, usually smaller than inner petals (± equal in Orophea hainanensis and O. laui). Monocarp fruits with little stipitate, generally globose or oblong, sometimes constricted between the seeds. Seeds 1-4 per monocarp.
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Carl Ludwig Blume and published in Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 18. 1825. The type species is: Orophea hexandra Blume.
Species
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