Family · Magnoliids & basal
Annonaceae
Custard apple, soursop, pawpaw
Tropical trees, shrubs and lianas bearing aromatic edible fruits such as soursop and pawpaw, plus the perfume tree ylang-ylang.
- Accepted species
- 2,606accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 107accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈71 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
Open Annonaceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.›
Plants you might know
- Annona (soursop, custard apple)
- Asimina (pawpaw)
- Cananga (ylang-ylang)
Largest genera
Xylopia197 spp.
Guatteria186 spp.
Annona171 spp.
Uvaria170 spp.
Goniothalamus139 spp.
Artabotrys111 spp.
Polyalthia104 spp.
Duguetia97 spp.
Monanthotaxis94 spp.
Monoon80 spp.
Miliusa67 spp.
Orophea62 spp.
Pseuduvaria61 spp.
Fissistigma59 spp.
Friesodielsia53 spp.
Mitrephora53 spp.
Unonopsis48 spp.
Desmopsis46 spp.
Alphonsea39 spp.
Meiogyne39 spp.
Huberantha35 spp.
Cremastosperma34 spp.
Dasymaschalon31 spp.
Oxandra29 spp.
Drepananthus28 spp.
Cymbopetalum27 spp.
Anaxagorea25 spp.
Popowia25 spp.
Pseudoxandra24 spp.
Isolona20 spp.
Desmos19 spp.
Uvariopsis19 spp.
Asimina18 spp.
Uvariodendron18 spp.
Pyramidanthe16 spp.
Klarobelia14 spp.
Monodora14 spp.
Mosannona14 spp.
Piptostigma13 spp.
Sphaerocoryne13 spp.
Trivalvaria13 spp.
Hornschuchia12 spp.
Annickia11 spp.
Fenerivia11 spp.
Polyceratocarpus11 spp.
Disepalum10 spp.
Sageraea10 spp.
Sapranthus10 spp.
Tridimeris10 spp.
Phaeanthus9 spp.
Trigynaea9 spp.
Tetrameranthus8 spp.
Cyathocalyx7 spp.
Ephedranthus7 spp.
Malmea7 spp.
Neo-uvaria7 spp.
Porcelia7 spp.
Greenwayodendron6 spp.
Maasia6 spp.
Anonidium5 spp.
The 47 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical1,113
- Southern America826
- Africa506
- Asia-Temperate116
- Northern America91
- Australasia46
- Pacific31
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Annonaceae sits in the order Magnoliales.