Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
| Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata | |
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| Foliage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Endiandra |
| Species: | E. muelleri |
| Subspecies: | E. m. subsp. bracteata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata Hyland | |
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Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare[1] rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed as endangered by extinction. It is a subspecies of the tree known as green-leaved rose walnut, or Mueller's walnut, Endiandra muelleri. It occurs from Maclean, New South Wales to Mackay, Queensland,[2] usually in sub tropical rainforest at the lower altitudes.
If differs from the autonym Endiandra muelleri subsp. muelleri in several respects, mostly regarding small hairs:
- twigs have crooked or twisted hairs, (as well as straight) hairs
- twig hairs can be upright (as well as flat)
- the outer envelope of the flower is hairless (the perianth)
- small branchlets and the lower leaf veins are rusty red with hairs
- leaf domatia or hairy tufts usually absent
References
- ↑ "Endiandra muelleri bracteata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ↑ Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 page 197
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