? Annona
Pond-apple (Annona glabra)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Magnoliales Family: Annonaceae Genus: Annona L.
Species
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For the Roman goddess, see Annona (goddess).

Annona is the type genus of the plant family Annonaceae. This large genus comprises about 100-150 species of mostly Neotropical trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, leathery leaves and most of which have edible fruit. In the family Annonaceae, only Guatteria has more species. A few species are found in Africa, but none in Asia. The name derives from the Taíno annon. Annona glabra1. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Annonaceae Degeneriaceae Eupomatiaceae Himantandraceae Magnoliaceae Myristicaceae The Magnoliales are an order of flowering plants. ... Genera Afroguatteria Alphonsea Ambavia Anaxagorea Ancana Annickia Annona Anomianthus Anonidium Artabotrys Asimina Asteranthe Balonga Bocagea Bocageopsis Boutiquea Cananga Cardiopetalum Chieniodendron Cleistochlamys Cleistopholis Cremastosperma Cyathocalyx Cyathostemma Cymbopetalum Dasoclema Dasymaschalon Deeringothamnus Dendrokingstonia Dennettia Desmopsis Desmos Diclinanona Dielsiothamnus Disepalum Duckeanthus Duguetia Ellipeia Ellipeiopsis Enicosanthum Ephedranthus Exella Fissistigma Fitzalania Friesodielsia Froesiodendron Fusaea Gilbertiella Goniothalamus... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as (help· info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... In scientific classification, a type is a specimen or description that corresponds to a taxon (a group of organisms), and helps to identify which organisms may be referred to with that name. ... Genera Afroguatteria Alphonsea Ambavia Anaxagorea Ancana Annickia Annona Anomianthus Anonidium Artabotrys Asimina Asteranthe Balonga Bocagea Bocageopsis Boutiquea Cananga Cardiopetalum Chieniodendron Cleistochlamys Cleistopholis Cremastosperma Cyathocalyx Cyathostemma Cymbopetalum Dasoclema Dasymaschalon Deeringothamnus Dendrokingstonia Dennettia Desmopsis Desmos Diclinanona Dielsiothamnus Disepalum Duckeanthus Duguetia Ellipeia Ellipeiopsis Enicosanthum Ephedranthus Exella Fissistigma Fitzalania Friesodielsia Froesiodendron Fusaea Gilbertiella Goniothalamus... Neotropical or Neotropic relates to a biogeographical region in the New World, bordered in the north by the dry areas in Mexico and the southern states of the USA. in the south by southern Patagonia. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of fruits. ... The Taíno are pre-Colombian indigenous Amerindian inhabitants of the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles islands, which include Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. ...

The following is a list of some of the more important species. Many of them have significant agricultural, medicinal, pharmaceutical, and other uses.

• Annona amambayensis
• Annona ambotay
• Annona bullata
• Annona cacans
• Annona calophylla
• Annona campestris
• Annona cheirimola
• Annona cherimola (Cherimoya)
• Annona chrysophylla (Wild Custard-apple)
• Annona coriacea
• Annona cornifolia
• Annona crassiflora (Marolo)
• Annona crotonifolia
• Annona dioica
• Annona diversifolia (Ilama)
• Annona dolabripetala
• Annona echinata
• Annona excellens
• Annona glabra (Pond-apple, Alligator-apple, Monkey-apple)
• Annona glaucophylla
• Annona haematantha
• Annona hayesii

Atemoya (a hybrid of A. cherimola and A. squamosa)

• Annona hexapetala
• Annona humboldtiana
• Annona humboldtii
• Annona hybrid
• Annona hypoglauca
• Annona incana
• Annona jahnii
• Annona longiflora
• Annona lutescens
• Annona macrocalyx
• Annona macrocarpa
• Annona malmeana
• Annona marcgravii
• Annona microcarpa
• Annona montana (Mountain Soursop)
• Annona monticola
• Annona mucosa
• Annona muricata (Soursop, Guanábana)
• Annona myristica
• Annona nutans
• Annona obovata
• Annona paludosa
• Annona palustris
• Annona paraguayensis
• Annona phaeoclados
• Annona pubescens
• Annona purpurea (Sonconya)
• Annona pygmaea
• Annona reticulata (Custard-apple, Bullock's-heart, Corazón)
• Annona salzmannii
• Annona scleroderma (Poshe-te, Cawesh)
• Annona sericea
• Annona spinescens
• Annona spraguei
• Annona squamosa (Sugar-apple, Sweetsop, Anón)
• Annona sylvatica
• Annona testudinea
• Annona triloba
• Annona tripetala

Binomial name Annona cherimola Mill. ... The atemoya is a cross between the sweetsop (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (Annona cherimola), both native of the tropical Americas. ... Binomial name Annona muricata L. The Soursop, Guanábana or Corossol (Annona muricata) is a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree native to the Caribbean, Central and South America, from Brazil north to the West Indies. ... Binomial name Annona reticulata L. The Custard-apple (Annona reticulata), also known in English as bullocks heart or bulls heart, is a species of Annona, native to the tropical New World, preferring a low elevation, and a warm, humid climate. ... Binomial name Annona squamosa L. The Sugar-apple (Annona squamosa), also known in English as Sweetsop and Scaly Custard-apple, is a species of Annona native to the tropical New World. ...

External links

• Type Collections of Neotropical Annonaceae - Annona — has pictures and details on these and other Annona species