Preamble

Schatz, G. E., Maas, P. J. M., Kamer, H. Maas-van de, Westra, L. Y. T. & Wieringa, J. J., 2018, Revision of the Neotropical genus Sapranthus (Annonaceae), Blumea 63 (1), pp. 54-66 : 54

Preamble

“The latter [flowers], when first opening, are of a very light green, but they gradually change into a very dark bluish black,and then emit a most powerful carrion-like odour, quite as disagreeable as that of some Stapelias, Aristolochias, and Aroideae .” ( Seemann 1866: 369).

“The rankest and filthiest smelling thing I ever smelled, has the odor of car- rion.” (M.E. Jones 24, 2 July 1892.)

“Flowers...with unpleasant odor, like that of dirty socks...” (D.A. Neill 3142, 9 Feb. 1978.)

“The dirty socks tree.” (Organization for Tropical Studies, Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach 82–1.)