Polyalthia submontana
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| Polyalthia submontana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Polyalthia |
| Species: | P. submontana |
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| Polyalthia submontana | |
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Polyalthia submontana is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is endemic to the rainforests of northeast Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub to about 4 m (13 ft) tall, first described (as Haplostichanthus submontanus) in 2007 and transferred to its current name in 2012.[3] In 2017 botanist Laurence W. Jessup described the subspecies Polyalthia submontana subsp. sessiliflora.[4]