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|accepted_name=Annona
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 536. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 241. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Custard-apple;soursop;alligator-apple
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Annonaceae;Annona
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Annonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Annona]]</div></div>
|etymology=native Hispaniolan anon or hanon, given to A. muricata
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, taprooted; trunks buttressed or not buttressed at base. <b>Bark</b> thin, mostly broadly and shallowly fissured, scaly, fissures anastomosing. <b>Shoots</b> slender, stiff, terete; lenticels raised; buds naked. <b>Leaves</b> persistent or deciduous to late deciduous. <b>Leaf</b> blade leathery or membranous, glabrous to pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or supra-axillary, occasionally from axillary buds on main stem or older stems, solitary flowers or fascicles; peduncle bracteolate. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle convex to ±globose or elongate, elevated; sepals deciduous, 3(-4), smaller than outer petals, valvate in bud; petals 6(-8) in 2 whorls, usually fleshy, those of outer whorl larger, valvate in bud, those of inner whorl more ascending, distinctly smaller or reduced, rarely absent, valvate or imbricate in bud; nectaries present as darker-pigmented, usually corrugate zones adaxially near petal bases; stamens very numerous, packed into ball, club-shaped, curved; connective dilated, hooded or pointed beyond anther sac; pistils numerous, sessile, partially connate to various degrees with at least stigmas distinct; ovules 1(-2) per pistil; style and stigma club-shaped or narrowly conic. <b>Fruits</b> fleshy syncarps, 1 per flower, usually ovoid to nearly globose, surface variable depending on orientation, structure, and relative connation of pistil apices. <b>Seed</b> usually 1 per pistil, ovoid to ellipsoid, beanlike, coat tough, margins various, narrow. <b>x</b>=7.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mostly neotropic;North America;10 in Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 110 (2 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=safford1914a
|text=Safford, W. E. 1914. Classification of the genus Annona, with descriptions of new and imperfectly known species. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: i-ix, 1-68.
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|id=sargent1922b
|text=Sargent, C. S. 1922. Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico), ed. 2. Boston and New York. Pp. 354-356. [Reprints in 2 vols., 1961, 1965. New York.]
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|id=wood1958b
|text=Wood, C. E. 1958. The genera of the woody Ranales in the southeastern United States. J.Arnold Arbor.39: 296-346.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals reniform-cordate; petals ovate, adaxially concave, those of inner whorl at least 2/3 length of outer whorl; syncarp smooth.
|[[Annona glabra|Annona glabra]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Sepals deltate; outer petals oblong or lance-oblong, adaxially keeled, abaxially furrowed, those of inner whorl minute; syncarp muricate.
|[[Annona squamosa|Annona squamosa]]
|}
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name=Annona
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Annonaceae
|distribution=Mostly neotropic;North America;10 in Africa.
|reference=safford1914a;sargent1922b;wood1958b
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Annona
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