Monoon australe is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found in the northern parts of the Australian states of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It was originally described as Popowia australis by the English botanist George Bentham in 1863, but it was transferred to its current combination in 2012 in a review of the closely related genus Polyalthia conducted by the botanist Bine Xue and others.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Monoon |
| Species: | M. australe
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| Monoon australe | |
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Conservation
editAs of September 2024[update], this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Gowland, K. (2021). "Monoon australe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T201036983A201037277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T201036983A201037277.en. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Monoon australe". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Monoon australe (Benth.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Xue, Bine; Su, Yvonne C.F.; Thomas, Daniel C.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2012). "Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon". Taxon. 61 (5): 1021–1039. doi:10.1002/tax.615009. JSTOR 41679348.
- ^ "Species profile—Monoon australe". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
External links
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