Uvaria micrantha

Uvaria micrantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Uvaria
Species:
U. micrantha
Binomial name
Uvaria micrantha
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyathostemma micranthum (A.DC.) J.Sinclair
  • Guatteria micrantha A.DC.
  • Uva micrantha (A.DC.) Kuntze
  • Anaxagorea sumatrana Miq.
  • Cyathostemma sumatranum (Miq.) Boerl.
  • Polyalthia fruticans A.DC.
  • Popowia nitida King
  • Uva sumatrana (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Uvaria lanceolata Scheff.
  • Uvaria sumatrana (Miq.) Kurz

Uvaria micrantha is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Indo-China, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern parts of Western Australia and Queensland. It is a scrambling shrub or vine with a stem diameter up 5 cm (2.0 in) which inhabits monsoon forest and gallery forest.[3]

It is a host plant for larvae of the green-spotted triangle butterfly.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Uvaria micrantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Uvaria micrantha (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Uvaria micrantha". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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