Polyalthia

Polyalthia
Polyalthia suberosa
P. suberosa flower (NB: previously placed in genus Phaeanthus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Miliuseae
Genus: Polyalthia
Blume
Synonyms
  • Haplostichanthus F.Muell.
  • Monostichanthus F.Muell.
  • Papualthia Diels
  • Sphaerothalamus Hook.f.
  • Tabraca Noronha

Polyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 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 centre.[1]

The name Polyalthia is derived from a combination of Greek words meaning 'many cures' with reference to the medicinal properties of certain species.[2]

Species

This large genus was known to be polyphyletic, with many species having been separated and reassigned to other genera.[3][4] Species have also been transferred into this genus (e.g. P. malabarica from Phaeanthus).

Plants of the World Online[5] currently includes the following as accepted:

  1. Polyalthia angustissima Ridl.
  2. Polyalthia barenensis Bân
  3. Polyalthia borneensis Merr.
  4. Polyalthia bracteosa Bân
  5. Polyalthia bromantha I.M.Turner
  6. Polyalthia brunneifolia J.Sinclair
  7. Polyalthia bullata King
  8. Polyalthia castanea Ridl.
  9. Polyalthia cauliflora Hook.f. & Thomson
  10. Polyalthia celebica Miq.
  11. Polyalthia charitopoda I.M.Turner
  12. Polyalthia chinii I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  13. Polyalthia chrysotricha Ridl.
  14. Polyalthia cinnamomea Hook.f. & Thomson
  15. Polyalthia clemensiorum Jovet-Ast
  16. Polyalthia consanguinea Merr.
  17. Polyalthia corticosa (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  18. Polyalthia debilis (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  19. Polyalthia dictyoneura Diels
  20. Polyalthia dolichopoda I.M.Turner
  21. Polyalthia dumosa King
  22. Polyalthia elegans K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  23. Polyalthia elliptica (Blume) Blume
  24. Polyalthia endertii D.M.Johnson
  25. Polyalthia evecta (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  26. Polyalthia flagellaris (Becc.) Airy Shaw
  27. Polyalthia fruticosa (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  28. Polyalthia gamopetala Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.
  29. Polyalthia gracilicolumnaris H.Okada, Tsukaya & Suleiman
  30. Polyalthia gracilipes Merr.
  31. Polyalthia guabatuensis I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  32. Polyalthia guamusangensis I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  33. Polyalthia heteropetala (Diels) Ghesq.
  34. Polyalthia hirtifolia J.Sinclair
  35. Polyalthia hispida B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  36. Polyalthia ichthyosma I.M.Turner
  37. Polyalthia igniflora D.M.Johnson
  38. Polyalthia insignis (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw (synonym Polyalthia elmeri Merr.)
  39. Polyalthia intermedia (Pierre) Bân
  40. Polyalthia johnsonii (F.Muell.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  41. Polyalthia kanchanaburiana Khumch. & Thongp.
  42. Polyalthia kinabaluensis I.M.Turner
  43. Polyalthia lanceolata S.Vidal
  44. Polyalthia lancilimba C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
  45. Polyalthia lasioclada I.M.Turner
  46. Polyalthia lateritia J.Sinclair
  47. Polyalthia longirostris (Scheff.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  48. Polyalthia luzonensis B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  49. Polyalthia malabarica (Bedd.) I.M.Turner
  50. Polyalthia meghalayensis V.Prakash & Mehrotra
  51. Polyalthia microsepala Diels
  52. Polyalthia microtus Miq.
  53. Polyalthia miliusoides I.M.Turner
  54. Polyalthia mindorensis Merr.
  55. Polyalthia miniata Teijsm. & Binn.
  56. Polyalthia minima Jovet-Ast
  57. Polyalthia minutiflora Elmer
  58. Polyalthia monocarpioides I.M.Turner
  59. Polyalthia montis-silam D.M.Johnson
  60. Polyalthia moonii Thwaites
  61. Polyalthia motleyana (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw
  62. Polyalthia myristica I.M.Turner
  63. Polyalthia novoguineensis (H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  64. Polyalthia obliqua Hook.f. & Thomson
  65. Polyalthia oblonga King
  66. Polyalthia pakdin I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  67. Polyalthia parviflora Ridl.
  68. Polyalthia persicifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bedd.
  69. Polyalthia pisocarpa (Hassk.) I.M.Turner
  70. Polyalthia polyphlebia Diels
  71. Polyalthia praeflorens Bân
  72. Polyalthia pumila Ridl.
  73. Polyalthia rufescens Hook.f. & Thomson
  74. Polyalthia saprosma I.M.Turner
  75. Polyalthia sessiliflora (Ast) Bân
  76. Polyalthia socia Craib
  77. Polyalthia spathulata (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl.
  78. Polyalthia stellata (Heusden) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  79. Polyalthia stenopetala (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
  80. Polyalthia stenophylla I.M.Turner
  81. Polyalthia subcordata (Blume) Blume - type species (range: Sumatera to Lesser Sunda Islands)
  82. Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites
  83. Polyalthia submontana (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  84. Polyalthia sympetala I.M.Turner
  85. Polyalthia tipuliflora D.M.Johnson
  86. Polyalthia trochilia I.M.Turner
  87. Polyalthia venosa Merr.
  88. Polyalthia verrucipes C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
  89. Polyalthia watui K.M.Wong
  90. Polyalthia xanthocarpa B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  91. Polyalthia yingjiangensis Y.H.Tan & B.Xue

Reassigned to other genera

According to Plants of the World Online, species have been placed in the following genera:

References

  1. ^ a b Polyalthia. Flora of China.
  2. ^ McCann, Charles (1959). 100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook. D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd. p. 32.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Polyalthia Blume (retrieved 3 April 2020)
  6. ^ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku (retrieved 4 April 2020)
  7. ^ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Monoon coffeoides (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)
  8. ^ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)