''Huberantha'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s in the family
Annonaceae
The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), 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 ...
and tribe
Miliuseae. It is distributed in Australia, tropical Asia, East Africa and some Pacific islands.
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
Axillary means "related to the axilla (armpit)" or "related to the leaf axils".
"Axillary" may refer to: Biology
* Axillary artery
* Axillary border
* Axillary fascia
* Axillary feathers
* Axillary hairs
* Axillary lines
* Axillary lymph nodes ...
. 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 sporangium, megasporangium), ...
and seed per ovary
The ovary () is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova; when released, an ovum travels through the fallopian tube/ oviduct into the uterus. There is an ovary on the left and the right side of the body. The ovaries are end ...
. A portion of their ovules remain fused to the seed coat forming a flat raphe
Raphe ( ; from ;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. : raphae or raphes) has several differe ...
. 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#Pla ...
. 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'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku - type species
* '' Huberantha decora'' (Diels) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha flava'' (]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'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha multistamina'' (G.E.Schatz & Le Thomas) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha nitidissima'' (Dunal) Chaowasku
* ''Huberantha palawanensis
''Huberantha palawanensis'' (synonym ''Polyalthia palawanensis'') is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is Endemism, endemic to the Philippines.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5462489
Flora of the Philippines
Vulnerable plants
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'' (Merr.) I.M.Turner
* '' Huberantha papuana'' (Scheff.) I.M.Turner
* '' Huberantha pendula'' (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'' (Engl.) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha tanganyikensis'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha trichoneura'' (Diels) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha verdcourtii'' (Vollesen) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha vitiensis'' (Seem.) Chaowasku
* '' Huberantha whistleri'' I.M.Turner & Utteridge
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q26205497
Annonaceae genera