PLANTS Profile for Asimina tetramera (fourpetal pawpaw)

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PLANTS Profile

Asimina tetramera Small
fourpetal pawpaw

Symbol:

ASTE11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Annonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Images:
Asimina tetramera Small

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Synonyms:
Asimina tetramera Small

PITE7

Pityothamnus tetramerus (Small) Small

Distribution:
Asimina tetramera Small


View Native Status

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USA (FL)

Related Taxa:
Asimina tetramera Small

View 14 genera in Annonaceae, 9 species in Asimina

Classification:
Asimina tetramera Small

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Magnoliales
Family	Annonaceae – Custard-apple family
Genus	Asimina Adans. – pawpaw
Species	Asimina tetramera Small – fourpetal pawpaw

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asimina tetramera Small

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
four-petal pawpaw		Endangered
Florida:
four-petal pawpaw		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Asimina tetramera Small

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18116.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:02 PM CDT