Polyalthia
Polyalthia | |
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Polyalthia longifolia var pendula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Polyalthia |
Polyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are over 100 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.[1]
These are trees and shrubs. The flower has six petals in two whorls, the inner petals curving inward over the center.[1]
This large genus is polyphyletic; species are frequently separated and reassigned to other genera.[2][3]
Species include:
- Polyalthia angustissima Ridl.
- Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd.
- Polyalthia chrysotricha Ridley
- Polyalthia coffeoides (Hook.f. & Th.)
- Polyalthia elmeri Merr.
- Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.
- Polyalthia glabra (Hook.f. & Th.) James Sincl.
- Polyalthia hirtifolia Sincl.
- Polyalthia hookeriana King
- Polyalthia hypogaea King
- Polyalthia korinti (Dunal) Benth. & J. Hk. ex J. Hk. & Thoms
- Polyalthia laddiana A.C.Sm.
- Polyalthia lancilimba C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
- Polyalthia lateritia J.Sincl.
- Polyalthia litseifolia C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
- Polyalthia longifolia
- Polyalthia macropoda King
- Polyalthia nitidissima
- Polyalthia pachyphylla King
- Polyalthia palawanensis Merr.
- Polyalthia pingpienensis P.T.Li
- Polyalthia rufescens Hook.f. & Thomson
- Polyalthia shendurunii Basha & Sasi.
- Polyalthia verrucipes C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
References
- 1 2 Polyalthia. Flora of China.
- ↑ Xue, B., Su, Y. C., Mols, J. B., KEßLER, P. J., & Saunders, R. M. (2011). Further fragmentation of the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae): molecular phylogenetic support for a broader delimitation of Marsypopetalum. Systematics and Biodiversity, 9(1), 17-26.
- ↑ Xue, B., Su, Y. C. F., Thomas, D. C., & Saunders, R. M. K. (2012). Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon. Taxon, 61(5), 1021-1039.
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