#UVARIOPSIS
11/ I wish I had time to go into much more detail, but I'll cut this thread on cauliflory short. It's an interesting evolutionary adaptation to best suit trunk-climbing pollinators and seed-dispersers, or to provide greater mechanical support for large fruit or heavily-laden trees.

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July 8, 2023 at 11:15 PM
More new annons! Congrats @tlpcouvreur.bsky.social!
Passion and combat on a floral stage: a new species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon, with notes on its unique pollination ecology plecevo.eu/articles.php...
Passion and combat on a floral stage: a new species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon, with notes on its unique pollination ecology
Background and aims – Gabon is a major centre of biodiversity. We describe a new species from the tropical plant family Annonaceae: Uvariopsis niangadoumae sp. nov., known from a single population in ...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#PDJ175 Une plante de la famille des Annonaceae (la famille de l'Ylang-Ylang) découverte au Cameroun a été décrite et nommée en l'honneur de Leonardo DiCaprio ce début d'année. Voici Uvariopsis dicaprio !
📸 Lorna MacKinnon
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
An endemic Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) is described from Gabon with distinct foul-smelling, cauliflorous flowers attracting rove beetles.

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August 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Passion and combat on a floral stage: a new species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon, with notes on its unique pollination ecology (3 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c0b0b5b9-e242-4b63-add9-a97797930ae5
August 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM