
Turner, Ian M.;Utteridge, Timothy M. A.
Polyalthia
Sign in to savePolyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMagnoliales
- FamilyAnnonaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa
Observations recorded22,453
General: Polyalthia sensu stricto from related genera including
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,924
- With media
- 2,456
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Collections
- MICH, US, NY
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines
Research
230 papers- Phytochemicals from Polyalthia Species: Potential and Implication on Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Cancer, and Chemoprevention Activities.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
- The medicinal uses, toxicities and anti-inflammatory activity of Polyalthia species (Annonaceae).Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2019
- Polyalthia longifolia leaves methanolic extract targets entry and budding of viruses-an in vitro experimental study against paramyxoviruses.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- Polyalthia longifolia-mediated green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles: characterization, photocatalytic and antifungal activities.RSC advances · 2024
- Phylogenetic relationships of 'Polyalthia' in Fiji.PhytoKeys · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- Reassigned to other genera
- References
Polyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
These are trees and shrubs. The flower has six petals in two whorls, the inner petals curving inward over the centre.
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