Goniothalamus curtisii
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Goniothalamus
|species = curtisii
|authority = King
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Goniothalamus curtisii is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae.{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3GXQS |title= Goniothalamus curtisii King |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=February 9, 2025}} It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73177-1 |title= Goniothalamus curtisii King |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=January 18, 2019}}
Description
It is a bush or small tree. It has narrow to oblong leaves with smooth upper surfaces and lightly hairy undersides. It has solitary flowers with large green sepals. The petals are yellow with red highlights and covered with velvety hair. It has numerous anthers.{{cite journal|last=King |first=George |title=Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula|journal=The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121771#page/41/mode/1up |volume=61 Part II|issue=1|year=1892|pages=1–130}}
=Reproductive biology=
The pollen of G. curtisii is shed as permanent tetrads.Walker JW (1971) Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 202: 1-130.
References
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Category:Endemic flora of Peninsular Malaysia
Category:Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Plants described in 1892
Category:Taxa named by George King (botanist)
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