Polyalthia

Polyalthia
	Polyalthia longifolia var pendula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Tribe:	Miliuseae
Genus:	Polyalthia; Blume

Polyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are over 100 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 center.^[1]

This large genus is polyphyletic; species are frequently separated and reassigned to other genera.^[2]^[3]

Species include:

Polyalthia angustissima Ridl.
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd.
Polyalthia chrysotricha Ridley
Polyalthia coffeoides (Hook.f. & Th.)
Polyalthia elmeri Merr.
Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.
Polyalthia glabra (Hook.f. & Th.) James Sincl.
Polyalthia hirtifolia Sincl.
Polyalthia hookeriana King
Polyalthia hypogaea King
Polyalthia korinti (Dunal) Benth. & J. Hk. ex J. Hk. & Thoms
Polyalthia laddiana A.C.Sm.
Polyalthia lancilimba C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
Polyalthia lateritia J.Sincl.
Polyalthia litseifolia C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
Polyalthia longifolia
Polyalthia macropoda King
Polyalthia nitidissima
Polyalthia pachyphylla King
Polyalthia palawanensis Merr.
Polyalthia pingpienensis P.T.Li
Polyalthia rufescens Hook.f. & Thomson
Polyalthia shendurunii Basha & Sasi.
Polyalthia verrucipes C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li

References

^ ^a ^b Polyalthia. Flora of China.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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[foc-1] Polyalthia. Flora of China.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

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