Monoon australe

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|name = Cape canary beech

|image = Monoon australe ALA1.jpg

|image_caption = Seedling

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{R|IUCN}}

|taxon = Monoon australe

|authority = (Benth.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders{{R|APNI|POWO}}

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|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}

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Polyalthia australis {{small|(Benth.) Jessup}}
Popowia australis {{small|Benth.}}
Polyalthia armitiana {{small|F.Muell. ex F.M.Bailey}}
Polyalthia holtzeana {{small|F.Muell.}}

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Monoon australe is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found in the northern parts of the Australian states of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It was originally described as Popowia australis by the English botanist George Bentham in 1863, but it was transferred to its current combination in 2012 in a review of the closely related genus Polyalthia conducted by the botanist Bine Xue and others.{{R|XUE}}

Conservation

{{As of|2024|09}}, this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.{{R|IUCN|DESQLD}}

References

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{{cite iucn |author=Gowland, K. |year=2021 |title=Monoon australe |volume=2021 |page=e.T201036983A201037277 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T201036983A201037277.en |access-date=2 September 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=35586 |title=Species profile—Monoon australe |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=2 September 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/246288 |title=Monoon australe |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=2 September 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77122991-1 |title=Monoon australe (Benth.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=2 September 2024}}

{{cite journal |last1=Xue |first1=Bine |last2=Su |first2=Yvonne C.F. |last3=Thomas |first3=Daniel C. |last4=Saunders |first4=Richard M.K. |title=Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon |journal=Taxon |date=2012 |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=1021–1039 |doi=10.1002/tax.615009 |jstor=41679348}}

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External links

[https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Monoon+australe#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
[https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1550935 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
[https://flickriver.com/search/Monoon+australe View images] of this species on Flickriver.com

australe

Category:Least concern flora of Australia

Category:Endemic flora of Queensland

Category:Taxa named by Bine Xue

Category:Taxa named by Richard M.K. Saunders

Category:Plants described in 2012