Polyalthia xanthocarpa

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|taxon = Polyalthia xanthocarpa

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

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

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Polyalthia xanthocarpa is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the coastal lowlands between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation in Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub to about {{cvt|4|m}} tall, first described (as Haplostichanthus ramiflorus) 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=34826 |title=Species profile—Polyalthia xanthocarpa |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/246295 |title=Polyalthia xanthocarpa |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:77123057-1 |title=Polyalthia xanthocarpa 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_xanthocarpa.htm |title=Polyalthia xanthocarpa |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+xanthocarpa#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
[https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1279282 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
[https://flickriver.com/search/Polyalthia+xanthocarpa View images] of this species on Flickriver.com

xanthocarpa

Category:Endemic flora of Queensland

Category:Taxa named by Bine Xue

Category:Taxa named by Richard M.K. Saunders

Category:Plants described in 2007