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Alphonsea maingayi is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It native to Peninsular Malaysia and possibly Singapore.[1]

Alphonsea maingayi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific 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[2][3]

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.[3]

Taxonomy & naming

It was first described in 1872 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson.[2][3] The specific epithet, maingayi, honours the botanist, Alexander Carroll Maingay.[3]

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