Uvaria unguiculata

Uvaria unguiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Uvaria
Species:
U. unguiculata
Binomial name
Uvaria unguiculata
Synonyms[3]
  • Melodorum unguiculatum Jessup

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.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Uvaria unguiculata". Wildnet. Queensland Government. 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Uvaria unguiculata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Uvaria unguiculata (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Uvaria unguiculata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Search: species: Uvaria unguiculata | Occurrence records". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  • Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
  • Observations of this species on iNaturalist
  • Images of this species on Flickriver.com