''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.''Polyalthia''. Flora of China.
These are trees and shrubs. The flower has six petals in two whorls, the inner petals curving inward over the centre.
The name ''Polyalthia'' is derived from a combination of Greek words meaning ‘many cures’ with reference to the medicinal properties of certain species.
Species
This large genus was known to be polyphyletic, with many species having been separated and reassigned to other genera. Species have also been transferred into this genus (''e.g. P. malabarica'' from ''
Phaeanthus
''Phaeanthus'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae.
Species
Plants of the World Online lists the following species:Plants of the World Online
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''Plants of the World Online (POWO): ''Polyalthia'' Blume (retrieved 3 April 2020) /ref> currently includes the following as accepted:
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Polyalthia angustissima
''Polyalthia angustissima'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree found in Malaysia, Singapore, and possibly Vietnam.
References
angustissima
Trees of Malaya
Data deficient plants
Taxonomy articles created by ...
Polyalthia bromantha
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia brunneifolia
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.J.Sinclair
# '' Polyalthia bullata'' King
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Polyalthia castanea
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
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Polyalthia cauliflora
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia celebica'' Miq.
# '' Polyalthia charitopoda'' I.M.Turner
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Polyalthia chinii
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Polyalthia elliptica
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia endertii'' D.M.Johnson
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Polyalthia evecta
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia flagellaris'' (Becc.) Airy Shaw
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Polyalthia fruticosa
''Polyalthia fruticosa'' is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub up to tall, first described as ''Haplostichanthus fruticosus'' in 2007 and transferred to the ...
Polyalthia guamusangensis
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia heteropetala'' (Diels) Ghesq.
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Polyalthia hirtifolia
''Polyalthia hirtifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
hirtifolia
Endemic flora of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Peninsular M ...
Polyalthia hispida
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Polyalthia igniflora
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia insignis'' (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw (synonym '' Polyalthia elmeri''
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 ...
Polyalthia kanchanaburiana
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Polyalthia lateritia
''Polyalthia lateritia'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.
References
lateritia
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Thailand
Least concern plants
Taxonomy artic ...
Polyalthia longirostris
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia luzonensis'' B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
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Polyalthia malabarica
''Polyalthia malabarica'' (formerly placed in the genus ''Phaeanthus'' as ''Phaeanthus malabaricus'') is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is endemic to south-west India. It is threatened by habitat loss
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Polyalthia meghalayensis
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia microsepala
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia microtus'' Miq.
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Polyalthia miliusoides
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia mindorensis'' Merr.
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Polyalthia miniata
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia minima'' Jovet-Ast
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Polyalthia minutiflora
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia monocarpioides
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia montis-silam
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
'' D.M.Johnson
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Polyalthia moonii
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
'' Thwaites
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Polyalthia motleyana
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia myristica'' I.M.Turner
# '' Polyalthia novoguineensis'' (H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
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Polyalthia obliqua
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia oblonga
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia pakdin'' I.M.Turner & Utteridge
# '' Polyalthia parviflora'' Ridl.
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Polyalthia persicifolia
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia pisocarpa'' (Hassk.) I.M.Turner
# '' Polyalthia polyphlebia'' Diels
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Polyalthia sessiliflora
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Bân
# '' Polyalthia socia'' Craib
# '' Polyalthia spathulata'' (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl.
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Polyalthia stellata
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Polyalthia stenophylla
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia subcordata'' (Blume) Blume - type species (range: Sumatera to Lesser
Sunda Islands
The Sunda Islands ( id, Kepulauan Sunda) are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sunda Islands" . ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. They consist of the Greater Sunda ...
Polyalthia sympetala
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia tipuliflora
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia trochilia'' I.M.Turner
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Polyalthia venosa
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Polyalthia verrucipes'' C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
# '' Polyalthia watui'' K.M.Wong
# '' Polyalthia xanthocarpa'' B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
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Polyalthia yingjiangensis
''Polyalthia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
, species have been placed in the following genera:
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Disepalum
''Disepalum''Hooker JD (1860) ''Trans. Linn. Soc. London'' 23(1): 156, t. 20. is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Annoneae.
Species have been recorded from southern China, Indo-China and Malesia.
Species
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Polyalthia pingpienensis
''Disepalum plagioneurum'' (synonym '' Polyalthia pingpienensis'') is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is found in China, Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລ� ...
Polyalthia 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''.
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'' (Roxb.) Bedd. is a synonym of ''
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''.
It ...
'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku
** '' Polyalthia korinti'' (Dunal) Benth. & J. Hk. ex J. Hk. & Thoms is a synonym of '' Huberantha korinti'' (Dunal) Chaowasku
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Polyalthia 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) and Ne ...
Huberantha palawanensis
''Huberantha palawanensis'' (synonym ''Polyalthia palawanensis'') is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
References
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Flora of the Philippines
Vulnerable plants
Flora o ...
'' (Merr.) I.M.Turner
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Meiogyne
''Meiogyne'' is a genus of flowering plants with about 33 species belonging to the family Annonaceae. It is native from southwestern India and Indochina to Australia, including Fiji and New Caledonia.
Description
Trees or shrubs with pale str ...
Meiogyne laddiana
''Meiogyne laddiana'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae, first described by Albert Charles Smith in 1936 as ''Polyalthia laddiana''. It is endemic to Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), o ...
Polyalthia coffeoides
''Monoon coffeoides'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a synonym of '' Polyalthia coffeoides'' and found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Uses
Fruit - edible for langurs and other fruit bats.
Culture
Known as "ඕමා ...
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Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...
Polyalthia hookeriana
''Polyalthia hookeriana'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree found in Malaysia and Singapore.
References
hookeriana
Trees of Malaya
Least concern plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials ...
Polyalthia hypogaea
''Polyalthia hypogaea'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
References
hypogaea
Endemic flora of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Least concern plants
Taxonomy ...
Monoon longifolium
''Monoon longifolium'', the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym ''Polyalthia longifolia'', is an Asian small tree species in the family Annonaceae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, but has been widely introduced els ...
Polyalthia pachyphylla
''Polyalthia pachyphylla'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
References
pachyphyllum
''Fernandezia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It con ...
Monoon shendurunii
''Monoon shendurunii'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation ...
'' (Basha & Sasidh.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
** ''Polyalthia simiarum'' (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Hook.f. & Thomson is a synonym of '' Monoon simiarum'' (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
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Phaeanthus
''Phaeanthus'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae.
Species
Plants of the World Online lists the following species:Polyalthia macropoda
''Phaeanthus ophthalmicus'' (synonym '' Polyalthia macropoda'') is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.Kochummen, K.M. 1998.''Polyalthia macropoda'' 2006 IU ...
'' King is a synonym of ''
Phaeanthus ophthalmicus
''Phaeanthus ophthalmicus'' (synonym ''Polyalthia macropoda'') is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapor ...
'' (Roxb. ex G.Don) J.Sinclair
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Polyalthiopsis
''Polyalthiopsis'' is an Asian tree genus in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. Its native range is southern Vietnam.
Species
At the time of writing (2022), ''Plants of the World Online'' and the NCBI include the following species:
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'' Chaowasku
** ''Polyalthia floribunda'' Jovet-Ast is a synonym of '' Polyalthiopsis floribunda'' (Jovet-Ast) Chaowasku (Vietnam)
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Wuodendron
''Wuodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae, containing the type and only species ''Wuodendron praecox''. It is distributed from northeastern India north to southern China and southeast through most of Mainlan ...
'' B.Xue, Y.H.Tan & Chaowasku (monotypic)
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Polyalthia litseifolia
''Wuodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae, containing the type and only species ''Wuodendron praecox''. It is distributed from northeastern India north to southern China and southeast through most of Mainlan ...
'' C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li is a synonym of ''
Wuodendron praecox
''Wuodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae, containing the type and only species ''Wuodendron praecox''. It is distributed from northeastern India north to southern China and southeast through most of Mainlan ...