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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 on 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

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.

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.

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

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

Desmos goezeanus is a species of rainforest plant in the family Annonaceae found almost entirely within the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a treetop vine and was first described in 1871. It has the conservation status of 'least concern'.

Xylosma parvifolia, generally known as mountain xylosma, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It is a shrub endemic to Lord Howe Island.

Rhodamnia whiteana, known as the cliff malletwood or White's malletwood is a sub-tropical rainforest plant of eastern Australia. It was first formally described in 1986 by Gordon Guymer and Laurence Jessup from a specimen collected from Mount Cordeaux. It is named in honour of the botanist C.T.White. The Generic name Rhodamnia is derived from the Greek Rhodon which means "rose". And aminon, "bowl" where the blood of lambs was poured after sacrifice. It refers to the bowl shaped calyx tubes. Cliff malletwood occurs on the edge of sub tropical rainforest or dry rainforest. Often associated with

Pseuduvaria villosa is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to Australia. L.W. Jessup, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its leaves and branchlets which are shaggy with long soft hairs (villosus in Latin).

Pseuduvaria mulgraveana is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. L.W. Jessup, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the Mulgrave River, where the specimen he examined was collected.

Pseuduvaria hylandii is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Australia. L.W. Jessup, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Bernard Hyland an Australian botanist who collected the specimen he examined.

Niemeyera whitei known as the rusty plum or plum boxwood is a species of tree native to eastern Australia.

Miliusa traceyi is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is a tree growing up to 12 m (39 ft) tall, native to the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It was first described by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 1988. It inhabits semi-evergreen vine forests, usually along water courses and on granite soils.

Miliusa brahei, the raspberry jelly plant, is a tree species in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It was first described in 1874 as Saccopetalum brahei by Ferdinand von Mueller, and in 1986 was transferred to the genus, Miliusa, by Laurence Jessup.

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.

Fontainea venosa, also commonly known as southern blushwood, veiny fontainea, Queensland fontainea and formerly named as Bahrs scrub fontainea is a rare rainforest shrub or tree of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia, extending from Boyne Valley to Cedar Creek and is considered vulnerable due to several contributing threats (fire, urban development, and weed infestation). The total population size is around 200 plants. Studies regarding genetic variability within Fontainea species through RAPD analysis had shown that F. venosa represents the most

Fontainea rostrata, commonly known as Deep Creek fontainea, is a rainforest tree or shrub endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The species was formally described in 1985 based on plant material collected to the north of Gympie, Queensland.

Fontainea oraria is a rare rainforest plant growing near the sea on private property near Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia. The common name is coast fontainea. A survey in 2005 found there are only ten mature plants, and 45 seedlings or juveniles. Fontainea oraria is listed as critically endangered by extinction.

Fontainea australis is a rare rainforest plant from eastern Australia. The common name is southern fontainea.

Eupomatia barbata, also known as the small bolwarra, is a species of plant in the primitive family Eupomatiaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia, and was first described in 2002.

Apatophyllum teretifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to Australia. It was first described by A.R.(Tony) Bean and L.W. Jessop in 2000.

Xylopia monosperma is a species of plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae endemic to Australia. It has two disjunct populations, one in the far northern part of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, and the other in the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. It is a small tree to about 10 m (33 ft) tall which inhabits vine thickets and open forest at altitudes up about 100 m (330 ft). It is a host plant for larvae of the green spotted triangle butterfly.

Symplocos puberula is a plant in the family Symplocaceae found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a tree up to 25 m (82 ft) tall with pubescent new growth (i.e. covered in fine soft hairs). The leaves are stiff, widest near the apex and tapered at the base (obovate), and they have a short "drip tip". They measure up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide, and have 6–12 pairs of lateral veins either side of the midrib which curve forwards (i.e. towards the leaf tip) and connect to the next vein. The leaf edges are finely toothed in the distal half of the leaf blade. The

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Meiogyne verrucosa is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae, native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub to about 3 m (9.8 ft) tall that inhabits mature rainforest on granitic soils.

Flindersia oppositifolia, commonly known as mountain silkwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Bellenden Ker Range in northern Queensland. It has simple leaves arranged more or less in opposite pairs, dark reddish flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with short, rough points.

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