Michael D. Pirie, Lars W. Chatrou, Paul J. M. Maas
Phytokeys
Figure 4.
Distribution map of Cremastosperma showing the four disjunct areas of the distribution: 1 the Chocó/Darién/western Ecuador region north into Central America 2 the tropical Andes (including a rough demarcation between areas occupied by northern/lowland and southern/montane clades) 3 coastal Venezuela 4 French Guiana.
A small primative shrub to 1m from Eastern Australian Subtropical Rainforests the flowers have no true petals and are similar to fossils from 120 million years ago. This plant is one of only three members of the family on earth (all in Australian Rainforests). This plant depends on weevils (beetles) in the genus Elleshodes for pollination in a remarkable obligate relationship.Amazingly Eupomatia like fossils derived from the Cretaceous and have been discovered in America indicating a much larger former range and these fossils seem to show similar adaptations for beetle pollination. These fossils are described here www.amjbot.org/content/85/9/1273.full.pdf
Herbarium Voucher specimen: Moutsambote 6141This image was added as part of a project to put "The Vascular Plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve" by D.J. Harris online.The checklist is available at www.dzanga-sangha.myspecies.info
Annona monticola Mart.ANNONACEAELocal: Lago Sul, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: a) Pontes, A.F. & Mello-Silva, R. Annonaceae. In. Cavalcanti, T.B. e Ramos, A.B. Flora do Distrito Federal, Vol. 3. Embrapa, 2003; b) Medeiros, J.D. Guia de campo: vegetao do Cerrado 500 espcies. MMA, 2011; c) Martens, L.A. Flores da Serra da Calada. UFMG, 2008.