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.[1]

Polyalthia
Polyalthia suberosa
P. suberosa flower (NB: previously placed in genus Phaeanthus)
Scientific 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

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 being 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:

  • Polyalthia angustissima Ridl.
  • Polyalthia barenensis Bân
  • Polyalthia borneensis Merr.
  • Polyalthia bracteosa Bân
  • Polyalthia bromantha I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia brunneifolia J.Sinclair
  • Polyalthia bullata King
  • Polyalthia castanea Ridl.
  • Polyalthia cauliflora Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia celebica Miq.
  • Polyalthia charitopoda I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia chinii I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Polyalthia chrysotricha Ridl.
  • Polyalthia cinnamomea Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia clemensiorum Jovet-Ast
  • Polyalthia consanguinea Merr.
  • Polyalthia corticosa (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Polyalthia debilis (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Polyalthia dictyoneura Diels
  • Polyalthia dolichopoda I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia dumosa King
  • Polyalthia elegans K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  • Polyalthia elliptica (Blume) Blume
  • Polyalthia endertii D.M.Johnson
  • Polyalthia evecta (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Polyalthia flagellaris (Becc.) Airy Shaw
  • Polyalthia fruticosa (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia gamopetala Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.
  • Polyalthia gracilicolumnaris H.Okada, Tsukaya & Suleiman
  • Polyalthia gracilipes Merr.
  • Polyalthia guabatuensis I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Polyalthia guamusangensis I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Polyalthia heteropetala (Diels) Ghesq.
  • Polyalthia hirtifolia J.Sinclair
  • Polyalthia hispida B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia ichthyosma I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia igniflora D.M.Johnson
  • Polyalthia insignis (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw (synonym Polyalthia elmeri Merr.)
  • Polyalthia intermedia (Pierre) Bân
  • Polyalthia johnsonii (F.Muell.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia kanchanaburiana Khumch. & Thongp.
  • Polyalthia kinabaluensis I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia lanceolata S.Vidal
  • Polyalthia lancilimba C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
  • Polyalthia lasioclada I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia lateritia J.Sinclair
  • Polyalthia longirostris (Scheff.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia luzonensis B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia malabarica (Bedd.) I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia meghalayensis V.Prakash & Mehrotra
  • Polyalthia microsepala Diels
  • Polyalthia microtus Miq.
  • Polyalthia miliusoides I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia mindorensis Merr.
  • Polyalthia miniata Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Polyalthia minima Jovet-Ast
  • Polyalthia minutiflora Elmer
  • Polyalthia monocarpioides I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia montis-silam D.M.Johnson
  • Polyalthia moonii Thwaites
  • Polyalthia motleyana (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw
  • Polyalthia myristica I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia novoguineensis (H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia obliqua Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia oblonga King
  • Polyalthia pakdin I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Polyalthia parviflora Ridl.
  • Polyalthia persicifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bedd.
  • Polyalthia pisocarpa (Hassk.) I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia polyphlebia Diels
  • Polyalthia praeflorens Bân
  • Polyalthia pumila Ridl.
  • Polyalthia rufescens Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia saprosma I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia sessiliflora (Ast) Bân
  • Polyalthia socia Craib
  • Polyalthia spathulata (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl.
  • Polyalthia stellata (Heusden) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia stenopetala (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.
  • Polyalthia stenophylla I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia subcordata (Blume) Blume - type species
  • Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites
  • Polyalthia submontana (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Polyalthia sympetala I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia tipuliflora D.M.Johnson
  • Polyalthia trochilia I.M.Turner
  • Polyalthia venosa Merr.
  • Polyalthia verrucipes C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li
  • Polyalthia watui K.M.Wong
  • Polyalthia xanthocarpa B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • 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. 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)
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