Afroguatteria is a small genus of vines in the family Annonaceae, native to Cabinda, Camaroon and Zaire in west Africa.
[1] As of January 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 3 species:[1] The genus was first described and published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles in 1951.
[1] The genus name of Afroguatteria is in honour of Giambattista Guatteri (1739–1793), an Italian professor of botany in Parma,[4] and the continent, where the plants were found, 'Afro' - africa.
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.
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