# Popowia

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***Popowia*** is a genus of flowering plants in the family [Annonaceae](/source/Annonaceae). There are about 50 species distributed in tropical Asia and Africa and in Oceania.[1]

These are shrubs and trees. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a cluster of several. The small, bisexual flowers have six thick petals in two whorls; the petals are sometimes joined to form a cup shape.[1]

Species include:[1][2]

- *[Popowia beddomeana](/source/Popowia_beddomeana)* [Hook.f.](/source/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker) & Thomson
- *[Popowia fusca](/source/Popowia_fusca)* [King](/source/George_King_(botanist))
- *[Popowia greveana](/source/Popowia_greveana)* ([Baill.](/source/Henri_Ernest_Baillon)) [Ghesq.](/source/Jean_Hector_Paul_Auguste_Ghesqui%C3%A8re)
- *[Popowia pauciflora](/source/Popowia_pauciflora)* Maingay ex Hook.f. & Th.
- *[Popowia perakensis](/source/Popowia_perakensis)* King
- *[Popowia pisocarpa](/source/Popowia_pisocarpa)*
- *[Popowia velutina](/source/Popowia_velutina)* King

## References

1. [*Popowia*.](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=126534) Flora of China.

1. [*Popowia* species.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40014881?tab=subordinatetaxa) Tropicos.

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