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Taxon: Annona glabra L.

Genus: Annona
Family: Annonaceae.
Nomen number: 3484
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:537. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 18-Jun-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Jun-2008
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA). Alternate site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • alligator-apple   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:315.) – English
  • pond-apple   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • annone des marais   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • corossolier des marais   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Wasserapfel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • anón liso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • bagá   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • palo bobo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [s.]
    Mexico
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador [s.]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia
  • ALSO
    Asia [tropical]

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Hoehne. 1946. Frutas indigenas, Inst. Bot. São Paulo.
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • Maas, P. J. M. et al. 1994. Studies in Annonaceae. XXI. Index to species and infraspecific taxa of neotropical Annonaceae. Candollea 49:400.
  • Maas, P. J. M. et al. 2001. Annonaceae from Central-eastern Brazil. Rodriguésia 52(80):66.
  • Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:315.
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Annona glabra L.:

  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3484 (09 February 2010)

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