Xylopia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. They are mostly trees and some shrubs. There are about 160 species distributed in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Accepted species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 184 species: • Xylopia acunae Borhidi & E.Del-Risco • Xylopia acutiflora (Dunal) A.Rich. • Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. • Xylopia africana (Benth.) Oliv. • Xylopia amazonica R.E.Fr. • Xylopia ambanjensis Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia amoena R.E.Fr. • Xylopia amplexicaulis (Lam.) Baill. • Xylopia annoniflora Pombo & Zartman • Xylopia anomala D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia arenaria Engl. • Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart. • Xylopia atlantica Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes • Xylopia aurantiiodora De Wild. & T.Durand • Xylopia australis D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia barbata Hoffm. ex Mart. • Xylopia beananensis Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia bemarivensis Diels • Xylopia benthamii R.E.Fr. • Xylopia bocatorena Schery • Xylopia brasiliensis Spreng. • Xylopia buxifolia Baill. • Xylopia calophylla R.E.Fr. • Xylopia calosericea Diels • Xylopia calva D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia capuronii Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia carinata D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia caudata Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia cayennensis Maas • Xylopia championii Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia chocoensis R.E.Fr. • Xylopia collina Diels • Xylopia columbiana R.E.Fr. • Xylopia congolensis De Wild. • Xylopia conjungens R.E.Fr. • Xylopia coriifolia Ridl. • Xylopia crinita R.E.Fr. • Xylopia cupularis Mildbr. • Xylopia cuspidata Diels • Xylopia danguyella Ghesq. ex Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia decorticans D.M.Johnson & Lobão • Xylopia degeneri A.C.Sm. • Xylopia dehiscens (Blanco) Merr. • Xylopia densiflora R.E.Fr. • Xylopia densifolia Elmer • Xylopia dibaccata Däniker • Xylopia dielsii Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia dinklagei Engl. & Diels • Xylopia discreta (L.f.) Sprague & Hutch. • Xylopia egleriana Aristeg. ex Maas • Xylopia ekmanii R.E.Fr. • Xylopia elliotii Pierre ex Engl. & Diels • Xylopia elliptica Maingay ex Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia emarginata Mart. • Xylopia erythrodactyla D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia excellens R.E.Fr. • Xylopia fananehanensis Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia ferruginea (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. • Xylopia flamignii Boutique • Xylopia flexuosa Diels • Xylopia frutescens Aubl. • Xylopia fusca Maingay ex Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia galokothamna D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia ghesquiereana Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia gilbertii Boutique • Xylopia globosa D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia glomerulosa Pontes-Pires • Xylopia gracilipes D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia hastarum M.L.Green • Xylopia heterotricha D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia holtzii Engl. • Xylopia humbertii Ghesq. ex Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia humblotiana Baill. • Xylopia hypolampra Mildbr. • Xylopia involucrata M.C.Dias & Kin.-Gouv. • Xylopia jamaicensis Griseb. • Xylopia javanica Steud. • Xylopia kalabenonensis D.M.Johnson, Deroin & Callm. • Xylopia katangensis De Wild. • Xylopia keniensis D.M.Johnson • Xylopia kuchingensis I.M.Turner & D.M.Johnson • Xylopia laevigata (Mart.) R.E.Fr. • Xylopia lamarckii Baill. • Xylopia lamii Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia lanceola Ridl. • Xylopia lanceolata R.E.Fr. • Xylopia langsdorfiana A.St.-Hil. & Tul. • Xylopia lastelliana Baill. • Xylopia lemurica Diels • Xylopia letestui Pellegr. • Xylopia ligustrifolia Dunal • Xylopia lokobensis D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia longicaudata Maas & Westra • Xylopia longicuspis R.E.Fr. • Xylopia longipetala De Wild. & T.Durand • Xylopia longirostra D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia lukei D.M.Johnson & Goyder • Xylopia maasiana Pontes-Pires • Xylopia maccreae (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm. • Xylopia macrantha Triana & Planch. • Xylopia madagascariensis Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia magna Maingay ex Hook.f. • Xylopia malayana Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia marojejyana D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia micans R.E.Fr. • Xylopia microcalyx D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia mildbraedii Diels • Xylopia monosperma Jessup • Xylopia monticola D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia mucronata Boerl. • Xylopia multiflora R.E.Fr. • Xylopia muricata L. • Xylopia mwasumbii D.M.Johnson • Xylopia nervosa (R.E.Fr.) Maas • Xylopia ngii D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia nigricans Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia nilotica D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia nitida Dunal • Xylopia niyomdhamii D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia obtusifolia (A.DC.) A.Rich. • Xylopia ochrantha Mart. • Xylopia odoratissima Welw. ex Oliv. • Xylopia orestera I.M.Turner & D.M.Johnson • Xylopia orinocensis Bagstad & D.M.Johnson • Xylopia oxyantha (Hook.f. & Thomson) Hook.f. & Thomson • Xylopia pacifica A.C.Sm. • Xylopia pallescens Baill. • Xylopia panamensis G.E.Schatz • Xylopia pancheri Baill. • Xylopia paniculata Exell • Xylopia papuana Diels • Xylopia parviflora Spruce • Xylopia patoniae I.M.Turner • Xylopia peekelii Diels • Xylopia perrieri Diels • Xylopia peruviana R.E.Fr. • Xylopia phloiodora Mildbr. • Xylopia pierrei Hance • Xylopia piratae D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia pittieri Diels • Xylopia platycarpa D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia platypetala R.E.Fr. • Xylopia plowmanii P.E.Berry & D.M.Johnson • Xylopia polyantha R.E.Fr. • Xylopia pulchella Ridl. • Xylopia pulcherrima Sandwith • Xylopia pynaertii De Wild. • Xylopia quintasii Pierre ex Engl. & Diels • Xylopia ravelonarivoi D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia retusa D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia richardii Boivin ex Baill. • Xylopia rigidiflora Bagstad & D.M.Johnson • Xylopia roigii P.Wilson • Xylopia rubescens Oliv. • Xylopia sahafariensis Cavaco & Keraudren • Xylopia schroederi Sleumer ex Herter • Xylopia sclerophylla D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia sericea A.St.-Hil. • Xylopia sericolampra Diels • Xylopia sericophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams • Xylopia sessiliflora (Kochummen & Whitmore) D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia shirensis (Engl. & Diels) D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia spruceana Benth. ex Spruce • Xylopia staudtii Engl. & Diels • Xylopia subdehiscens (King) J.Sinclair • Xylopia sumatrana (Miq.) D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia surinamensis R.E.Fr. • Xylopia talbotii Exell • Xylopia tanganyikensis D.M.Johnson • Xylopia tenuipetala D.M.Johnson & Goyder • Xylopia thomsonii Oliv. • Xylopia tomentosa Exell • Xylopia torrei N.Robson • Xylopia toussaintii Boutique • Xylopia trichostemon R.E.Fr. • Xylopia unguiculata D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray • Xylopia uniflora R.E.Fr. • Xylopia venezuelana R.E.Fr. • Xylopia vieillardii Baill. • Xylopia vielana Pierre • Xylopia villosa Chipp • Xylopia vitiensis A.C.Sm. • Xylopia wilwerthii De Wild. & T.Durand • Xylopia xylantha R.E.Fr.