Draft:Abuta duckei

= Abuta Duckei =

Taxonomy
Abuta Duckei is a species of the Abuta genus, which is part of the flowering plant family Menispermaceae1. This genus consists of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America1.

Description
Abuta species are typically dioecious climbers, or rarely erect trees or shrubs1. They have simple leaves and their flowers are in composed panicles1. The male flowers have six sepals in two whorls, six stamens that can be either connate or free, and anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence1. The female flowers have sepals and petals similar to the male flowers, six staminodes, and three carpels1. The drupes are ovoid, the endocarp is woody, the condyle is septiform, the endosperm is ruminate, and the embryo is curved1. These species are found in the tropical rain forest1.

Synonymy
The name Abuta Duckei is a synonym of Telitoxicum duckei2. It was first published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 15 (1910)2.