Helicia australasica

Helicia australasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Helicia
Species: H. australasica
Binomial name
Helicia australasica
F.Muell.[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Helicia glabrescens C.T.White
  • Helicia dentellata Sleumer

Helicia australasica, also named Austral oak or creek silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees, and constitutes part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.[1][2][3][4]

Its everyday name in the local northeast Queensland Dyirbal language was miyabur, though a more general word gurruŋun "oak tree" (also applied to Darlingia ferruginea and Cardwellia sublimis) was used in the taboo [Dyalŋuy] vocabulary.[5]

They grow naturally through New Guinea and in Australia in central and north eastern Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and the Northern Territory, from about 0 to 1,100 m (0 to 3,609 ft) altitude.[1][2][3][4][6]

They are threatened by habitat loss.[7]

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.[2][4][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Helicia australasica%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". In Conn, Barry J. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. (Digitised, online, freely available via www.pngplants.org). Vol. 3. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013.
  3. 1 2 Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Helicia australasica" Check |url= value (help). Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 2 Nov 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 412. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013.
  5. ↑ Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward (1990). Anthropological Linguistics 32 (1/2): 1–56. JSTOR 30028138. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 1 2 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". In McCarthy, Patrick. Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 395, fig. 173, map 444. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013.
  7. ↑ Eddowes, P.J. 1998. Helicia australasica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.


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