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Alphonsea maingayi

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Species of flowering plant

Alphonsea maingayi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Alphonsea
Species: A. maingayi
Binomial name
Alphonsea maingayi
Hook.f. & Thomson

Alphonsea maingayi is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It native to Peninsular Malaysia and possibly Singapore.

Description

Alphonsea maingayi is a middling to tall tree, whose branches are black. It has elliptic/oblong/lanceolate leaves which are shiny on the upper surface and whose lower surface has a dense covering of rusty, short, soft hairs.

Taxonomy & naming

It was first described in 1872 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson. The specific epithet, maingayi, honours the botanist, Alexander Carroll Maingay.

References

  1. ^ Kochummen, K.M. (1998). "Alphonsea maingayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31416A9632547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31416A9632547.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Alphonsea maingayi". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  3. ^ Hooker, J.D. & Thomson, T. (1872) Fl. Brit. India 1(1): 90
Taxon identifiers
Alphonsea maingayi


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