Polyalthia hispida

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|taxon = Polyalthia hispida

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

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|synonyms = *Haplostichanthus rufescens {{small|Jessup}}

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Polyalthia hispida is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the foothills of Mount Bartle Frere, in the catchments of the north and south arms of the Johnstone River, Queensland, Australia. It is shrub or small tree which may flower once it has reached about {{cvt|4|m}} in height. It was first described (as Haplostichanthus rufescens) in 2007 and transferred to its current name in 2012.{{R|RFK|XUE}} It is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.{{R|DESQLD}}

References

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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=35589 |title=Species profile—Polyalthia hispida |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=17 April 2025}}

{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/246292 |title=Polyalthia hispida |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=17 April 2025}}

{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123048-1 |title=Polyalthia hispida B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=17 April 2025}}

{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Polyalthia_hispida.htm |title=Polyalthia hispida |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=17 April 2025}}

{{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|bibcode=2012Taxon..61.1021X }}

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External links

[https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Polyalthia+hispida#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
[https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1279279 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
[https://flickriver.com/search/Polyalthia+hispida View images] of this species on Flickriver.com

hispida

Category:Endemic flora of Queensland

Category:Taxa named by Bine Xue

Category:Taxa named by Richard M.K. Saunders

Category:Plants described in 2007