Huberantha nitidissima, commonly known as canary beech or shiny leaf tree, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is found in seasonal tropical forests and along moist watercourses in New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.
Endiandra discolor is a tree in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern Australia from central New South Wales to northeastern Queensland. Common names include rose walnut and domatia tree. It grows in tropical, subtropical or warm temperate rainforest, particularly on the poorer volcanic soil types, and alluvial soil near streams. It was first described in 1870, and has been given the conservation status of least concern.
Desmos is a genus of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae, native to areas from India and China, through tropical Asia to northern Australia.
Blepharocarya involucrigera is a tree in the mango and cashew family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Common names include north Queensland bollygum, northern bollygum and rose butternut.
Meiogyne cylindrocarpa, commonly known as fingersop or native apricot in Australia, is a small tree or shrub in the custard apple family Annonaceae, native to parts of tropical Asia and Australasia.
Parsonsia diaphanophleba is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae. It is found in Western Australia and is listed as a priority 4 species.
Pseuduvaria froggattii is a rare species of tree which is restricted to a very small part of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, and was first described in 1887. Despite the small range its status considered to be least concern.
Myristica insipida, commonly known in Australia as Australian nutmeg, Queensland nutmeg or native nutmeg, is a small rainforest tree in the family Myristicaceae native to parts of Malesia, Papuasia and Australia. It is closely related to the commercially-important species of nutmeg, M. fragrans.
Meiogyne hirsuta is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae endemic to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is known from only a small number of collections from three widely separated locations.
Hypsophila halleyana is a species of plants in the family Celastraceae, found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a small stunted tree to about 12 m (39 ft) tall which grows only on the upper slopes of Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere, at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,600 m. Despite its extremely restricted range it is not considered to be endangered. It was first described by German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1887.
Uvaria concava, commonly known as calabao, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found throughout tropical Asia, from India to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. It is a tall vine with a stem diameter up to 5 cm.
Monoon michaelii is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in a very small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It was originally described as Polyalthia michaelii in 1915 and transferred to its current name in 2012.
Xylopia maccreae, commonly known as orange jacket or MacCrea's xylopia, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in coastal areas of north and central Queensland, Australia. It is an evergreen tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with small buttresses, and young shoots covered in silky hairs. It was first described in 1868 as Melodorum maccreae by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, and transferred to the genus Xylopia in 1956 by Lindsay Stuart Smith. It is one of the food plants for the green-spotted triangle.
Loeseneriella barbata, commonly known as knot vine, is a climbing plant in the family Celastraceae found in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1859 and its tendrils form distinctive "knots" around its supports.
Meiogyne bidwillii is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree to 5 m (16 ft) tall. The new growth is densely hairy, leaves are simple and arranged alternately on the twigs. Flowers are solitary and produced in the leaf axils. The fruit is an aggregate of several distinct orange/yellow carpels, each about 25 mm (1 in) long, 15 mm (0.6 in) wide and containing up to six seeds. It is found along the east coast of Queensland from about the Mackay region south to Hervey Bay.
Desmos goezeanus is a species of plants in the family Annonaceae found almost entirely within the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 5 cm (2.0 in). It was originally described as Uvaria goezeana by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1871, and transferred to the genus Desmos by Laurence W. Jessup in 1986.
Desmos polycarpus is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with stems up to 5 cm (2.0 in) diameter, although it may appear as a scandent shrub when young. The leaves are simple and alternate and measure up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long by 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. Flowers are about 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and greenish yellow, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The fruit is an apocarp about 1 cm (0.39 in) wide and 6 cm (2.4 in) long. It is found in rainforest and gallery forest from about Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula, to the Atherton Tableland southwest of Cairns. It was first described by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 2007.
Artabotrys carnosipetalus is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter of up to 5 cm (2.0 in), with simple leaves arranged alternately on the twigs. They may reach up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long by 6 cm (2.4 in) wide and have 5–8 pairs of lateral veins either side of the midrib. The flowers are fragrant, solitary and about 10 mm (0.39 in) wide, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The fruit is an apocarp, the individual carpels about 30 mm (1.2 in) long and 20 mm (0.8 in) wide. The species was first described in 2007 by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup.
Desmos wardianus is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It is a scrambling shrub or vine with a stem up to 8 cm (3.1 in) diameter. The leaves are simple and alternate and measure up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) wide. Flowers are about 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and greenish yellow, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The fruit takes the form of a cluster of apocarps, each about 7 mm (0.28 in) wide and 5 cm (2.0 in) long. It grows in drier rainforest types such as monsoon forest and gallery forest in the Top End region of the Northern Territory, and in Cape York Peninsula. It was first described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1902 as Unona wardiana, and transferred to the current name by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 1986.
Goniothalamus australis, commonly known as China pine, is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a tree normally reaching about 20 m (66 ft) and 15 cm (5.9 in) diameter, but may reach 30 m (98 ft) on occasions. The leaves may reach up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long and 5 cm (2.0 in) wide, with 9–12 pairs of lateral veins either side of the midrib. Flowers are solitary or (rarely) paired, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The inner petals are much smaller than the outer ones and they are joined laterally, forming a cap over the reproductive organs. Stamens number about 80, ovaries number about 10 with up to 8 ovules each. Fruit are up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long by 2.5 cm (0.98 in) wide and contain up to 6 seeds. The species was first described by Laurence W. Jessup in 1986. It grows in upland rainforest at altitudes from 600 to 1,200 m, on the Atherton Tableland and northward to about Cooktown.
