Richard M. K. Saunders

Monoon longifolium, the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym Polyalthia longifolia, is an Asian small tree species in the family Annonaceae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, but has been widely introduced elsewhere in tropical Asia. This evergreen tree is known to grow over 20 m. in height and is commonly planted due to its effectiveness in alleviating noise pollution. It exhibits symmetrical pyramidal growth with willowy weeping pendulous branches and long narrow lanceolate leaves with undulate margins. Monoon longifolium is sometimes incorrectly identified as the

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Uvaria unguiculata is a species of plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is a tendril climber with a stem diameter of up to 8 cm (3.1 in), which inhabits lowland gallery forest at altitudes up to about 100 m (330 ft). Its range extends from about Coen to the northern tip of Cape York.

Uvaria uhrii is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 9 cm (3.5 in), first described as Melodorum uhrii by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1867, and transferred to the genus Uvaria in 2010 by botanists Linlin Zhou, Yvonne Su, and Richard Saunders. It inhabits rainforest from Cooktown southwards to Proserpine.

Uvaria topazensis is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 3 cm (1.2 in), first described as Melodorum topazensis by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 2007, and transferred to the genus Uvaria in 2010 by botanists Linlin Zhou, Yvonne Chuan Fang Su, and Richard M.K. Saunders. It grows in well developed rainforest on the Atherton Tableland southwest of Cairns, at altitudes between 600 and 700 m (2,000 and 2,300 ft).

Uvaria scabridula is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae endemic to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 6 cm (2.4 in) which grows in gallery forest and monsoon forest at altitudes from sea level up to 200 m (660 ft). It was first described (as Melodorum scabridulum) in 2007 by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup, then transferred to its current name in 2010 by Linlin Zhou et. al. The Queensland Herbarium does not accept the latter combination.

Uvaria sankowskyi is a species of plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 5 cm (2.0 in) which inhabits monsoon forest and vine thickets from about Coen south to the Eungella National Park west of Mackay. It was previously named Melodorum crassipetalum and is still recognised under that name by the Queensland Herbarium.

Uvaria leichhardtii, commonly known as zig-zag vine, is a species of vine in the family Annonaceae. It is native to parts of Malesia, New Guinea, and the eastern Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. The orange fruit, which can be found year round on the vine, has a pleasant piquant orange-sherbet flavour, and is used for sauces in gourmet dishes.

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Goniothalamus maewongensis is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Thailand. Richard M.K. Saunders and Piya Chalermglin, who first formally described the species, named it after the Mae Wong National Park in Thailand where the type specimen was collected.

Uvaria siamensis, locally called nom-maew (Thai: นมแมว), is a plant in the family Annonaceae. Uvaria siamensis is a shrub or liana native to Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and northern Peninsular Malaysia. It is related to the ylang-ylang. It requires little care and can even be kept in containers, blooming from spring until fall. Despite their plainness, the flowers of the genus Uvaria have a aroma that can travel very far. It is for this that Asian gardeners include it among their favorite garden plants. This plant can tolerate some shade; however, lack of sunlight adversely

Pseuduvaria trimera is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. William Grant Craib, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its fascicles of flowers that often occur in three (Latinized form of Greek τρι-, tri-) parts (Latinized form of Greek -μέρος, -meros).

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Marsypopetalum modestum is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Indo-China.

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Goniothalamus rongklanus is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Thailand. Richard Saunders and Piya Chalermglin first formally described the species and named it after Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park in Thailand.

Goniothalamus dewildei is a species of plants in the genus Goniothalamus it is native to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Goniothalamus aurantiacus is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Thailand. Piya Chalermglin and Richard M.K. Saunders, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after its orange colored (aurantiacus in Latin) inner petals.

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Pseuduvaria macrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Maluku Islands and New Guinea. William Burck, the Dutch botanist who first formally described the species using the synonym Meiogyne macrocarpa, named it after its large fruit (Latinized forms of Greek μακρoς, macros and καρπoς, karpos).

Marsypopetalum littorale is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to southern China, Hainan, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.

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