''Sahulia suboppositifolia'' is species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the family

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

. It is a tree

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New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

. It is the sole species in genus ''Sahulia''.''Sahulia'' Swenson
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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 ...

''. Retrieved 6 June 2023. ''Sahulia suboppostifolia'' can grow up to 30 meters tall. It is evergreen, hermaphroditic, and latex-producing.Swenson, U., Kearey, J. (2020). Sahulia, a new endemic genus and a generic key to Sapotaceae in New Guinea. ''Kew Bulletin'' 75, 34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-020-09894-4 It is endemic to New Guinea and known only from near Lake Murray in Western Province of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, and from Aroa and Koitaki (east of

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...

) in Central Province. It grows in lowland and hill tropical rain forest, from sea level to about 450 meters elevation. The genus name ''Sahulia'' refers to the

Sahul Shelf Geologically, the Sahul Shelf () is a part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent, lying off the northwest coast of mainland Australia. Etymology The name "Sahull" or "Sahoel" appeared on 17th century Dutch maps applied to a ...

between New Guinea and Australia. Phylogenetically the genus is sister to ''

Amorphospermum ''Amorphospermum'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. There is only one accepted species, ''Amorphospermum antilogum'', native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea. ;formerly included now ...

Niemeyera ''Niemeyera'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales). Its closest relative is '' Pycnandra'' from New Caledonia.Swenson, ...

Pycnandra ''Pycnandra'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876. it is the largest endemic genus of flowering plants of New Caledonia. Its closest relative is the Australian ''Niemeyera''.Swenson, U., S. Nylinder, and J. ...

'', and ''

Planchonella ''Planchonella'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it contains around 100 mainly tropical species, two of which occur in South America and about 18 in Australasia. It w ...

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References

{{taxonbar, from1=Q111012314, from2=Q111012270, from3=Q15321057 Endemic flora of New Guinea Endemic flora of Papua New Guinea Sapotaceae genera Monotypic Ericales genera Plants described in 1932 Chrysophylloideae