| Polyalthia | |
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| Polyalthia suberosa | |
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| 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 | |
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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:
- 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 (range: Sumatera to Lesser Sunda Islands)
 - 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:
- Disepalum
- Polyalthia pingpienensis P.T.Li is a synonym of Disepalum plagioneurum (Diels) D.M.Johnson
 
 - Huberantha Chaowasku
- Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. is a synonym of Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku[6]
 - Polyalthia korinti (Dunal) Benth. & J. Hk. ex J. Hk. & Thoms is a synonym of Huberantha korinti (Dunal) Chaowasku
 - Polyalthia nitidissima is a synonym of Huberantha nitidissima (Dunal) Chaowasku
 - Polyalthia palawanensis Merr. is a synonym of Huberantha palawanensis (Merr.) I.M.Turner
 
 - Meiogyne
- Polyalthia laddiana A.C.Sm. is a synonym of Meiogyne laddiana (A.C.Sm.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
 
 - Monoon Miq.
- Polyalthia coffeoides (Hook.f. & Th.) is a synonym of Monoon coffeoides (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders[7]
 - Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.
 - Polyalthia glabra (Hook.f. & Th.) James Sincl.
 - Polyalthia hookeriana King
 - Polyalthia hypogaea King
 - Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites is a synonym of Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders[8]
 - Polyalthia pachyphylla King is a synonym of Monoon pachyphyllum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
 - Polyalthia shendurunii Basha & Sasi. is now Monoon shendurunii (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
 
 - Phaeanthus
- Polyalthia macropoda King is a synonym of Phaeanthus ophthalmicus (Roxb. ex G.Don) J.Sinclair
 
 - Polyalthiopsis Chaowasku
- Polyalthia floribunda Jovet-Ast is a synonym of Polyalthiopsis floribunda (Jovet-Ast) Chaowasku (Vietnam)
 
 - Wuodendron B.Xue, Y.H.Tan & Chaowasku (monotypic)
- Polyalthia litseifolia C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li is a synonym of Wuodendron praecox (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue, Y.H.Tan & X.L.Hou
 
 
References
- 1 2 Polyalthia. Flora of China.
 - ↑ McCann, Charles (1959). 100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook. D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd. p. 32.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Polyalthia Blume (retrieved 3 April 2020)
 - ↑ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Huberantha cerasoides (Roxb.) Chaowasku (retrieved 4 April 2020)
 - ↑ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Monoon coffeoides (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)
 - ↑ Plants of the World Online (POWO): Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)
 
External links
 Data related to Polyalthia at Wikispecies
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