''Huberantha'' is a genus of

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in the family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the M ...

and tribe

Miliuseae The ''Malmeoideae'' are a subfamily of trees and other plants of the family Annonaceae. Tribes and Genera The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, which recognises Malmeoideae as one of four subfamilies, containing 9 tribes and the following genera: A ...

. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German botanist Herbert Huber and to highlight its flowers as a distinguishing feature of the genus. A number of species have been moved here from the genus ''

Polyalthia ''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.

''.

Description

The leaf veins of ''Huberantha'' form an interconnected net-like pattern. Their flowers are axillary. They have a single

ovule In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the '' integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the f ...

and seed per

ovary The ovary is an organ in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm. There is an ovary () found on each side of the bod ...

. A portion of their ovules remain fused to the seed coat forming a flat

raphe Raphe (; from Greek ῥαφή, "seam"Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). ''A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.) has several diffe ...

. Their seed coats form spine-like intrusions into their

endosperm The endosperm is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following double fertilization. It is triploid (meaning three chromosome sets per nucleus) in most species, which may be auxin-driven. It surrounds the embryo an ...

. A layer of the outer pollen wall, called the infratectum, has a granular appearance.

Species

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lists: * '' Huberantha amoena'' (A.C.Sm.) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha asymmetrica'' I.M.Turner & Utteridge * '' Huberantha capillata'' (A.C.Sm.) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha ceramensis'' (Boerl.) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha cerasoides ''Huberantha cerasoides''Chaowasku T (2015) ''Kew Bull.'' 70(2)-23: 2. (synonym ''Polyalthia cerasoides'') is a species of trees in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is the type species of the relatively new genus '' Huberantha''. I ...

'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku - type species * '' Huberantha decora'' (Diels) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha flava ''Huberantha flava'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill the American botanist who first formally described the species, using the basionym ''Polyalthia flava'', named it after i ...

'' (

Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...

) I.M.Turner * '' Huberantha forbesii'' (F.Muell. ex Diels) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha gracilis'' (Burck) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha henrici'' (Diels) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha hirta'' (Miq.) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha humblotii'' (Drake ex Cavaco & Keraudren) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha jenkinsii'' (Hook.f. & Thomson) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha keraudreniae'' (Le Thomas & G.E.Schatz) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha korinti'' (Dunal) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha leptopoda'' (Diels) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha loriformis'' (Gillespie) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha luensis'' (Pierre) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha mossambicensis ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha multistamina ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German b ...

'' (G.E.Schatz & Le Thomas) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha nitidissima ''Huberantha nitidissima'' (synonym ''Polyalthia nitidissima'') is a species of tree in the Annonaceae family. It is found in dry seasonal tropical forests and along moist watercourses in Australia ( NSW, Queensland, and Northern Territory) ...

'' (Dunal) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha palawanensis ''Huberantha palawanensis'' (synonym ''Polyalthia palawanensis'') is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5462489 Flora of the Philippines Vulnerable plants Flora o ...

'' (Merr.) I.M.Turner * ''

Huberantha papuana ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Scheff.) I.M.Turner * ''

Huberantha pendula ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Capuron ex G.E.Schatz & Le Thomas) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha perrieri'' (Cavaco & Keraudren) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha rumphii'' (Blume ex Hensch.) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha sambiranensis'' (Capuron ex Le Thomas & G.E.Schatz) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha senjiana'' (R.Mural., Naras. & N.Balach.) R.Mural., Naras. & N.Balach. * ''

Huberantha stuhlmannii ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Engl.) Chaowasku * '' Huberantha tanganyikensis'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha trichoneura ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German b ...

'' (Diels) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha verdcourtii ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha vitiensis ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' (Seem.) Chaowasku * ''

Huberantha whistleri ''Huberantha'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands. Tanawat Chaowasku named the genus "Huber's flowers" in honor of the German ...

'' I.M.Turner & Utteridge

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q26205497 Annonaceae genera