Dennettia Baker f., Cat. pl. Oban 5, t. 2. 1913

Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J., Crozier, Francoise, Ghogue, Jean-Paul, Hoekstra, Paul H., Kamdem, Narcisse G., Johnson, David M., Murray, Nancy A. & Sonke, Bonaventure, 2022, Flora of Cameroon - Annonaceae Vol 45, PhytoKeys 207, pp. 1-532 : 97

Dennettia Baker f., Cat. pl. Oban 5, t. 2. 1913

Type species.

Dennettia tripetala Baker f.

Description.

Same as species.

A genus with a single widespread species from West Africa (Sierra Leone to Nigeria) and in Cameroon. One species in Cameroon, not endemic.

Dennettia was first described by Baker (1913) based on the bisexual flowers and inflorescences occurring on foliate branches. However, Kenfack et al. (2003) recombined the name Dennettia into Uvariopsis as Uvariopsis tripetala (Baker f.) G.E. Schatz based on a number of morphological characters. A molecular phylogenomic analysis of tribe Monodoreae (where this genus bellows) confirmed that Dennettia tripetala did not cluster with other species of Uvariopsis and should be regarded as a genus of its own (Dagallier et al. in prep).