Lepiderema

Lepiderema
Lepiderema pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Lepiderema Radlk.[1]
Type species
Lepiderema papuana Radlk.[1]
Species
See text

Lepiderema is a genus of nine species of trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. As of November 2013 botanists know of seven species growing naturally in Australia and two species in New Guinea.^[1][2][3][4] Published botanical science provides a limited knowledge of the full range of diversity in Australia and especially in New Guinea.^[3][4] In New Guinea the two known species have descriptions based each on only a single type specimen collection.^[3] Therefore, collection of more specimens and more species is most likely in New Guinea.^[3] In Australia they grow in rainforests of the northern half of the east coast side of the Great Dividing Range, from north eastern New South Wales through to north eastern Queensland.^{[1][2][4][5][6]}

In Australia, some species share the name tuckeroo with the closely related genus Cupaniopsis.

The north-eastern NSW and south-eastern Qld endemic species L. pulchella has obtained the conservation status of "vulnerable" species by both the Qld and NSW governments.^[2][7][8]:52

Two of the north-eastern Qld endemic species L. hirsuta and L. largiflorens have the Qld government conservation status of "near threatened" species.^[2][8]:71

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census,^[1] Flora Malesiana,^[3] and Sally T. Reynold's scientific publications.^[4]

• Lepiderema hirsuta S.T.Reynolds, Noah's Tamarind – Restricted endemic in the Wet Tropics, of NE. Qld^[9][10]
• Lepiderema ixiocarpa S.T.Reynolds, Sticky Lepiderema – Endemic to the Wet Tropics, of NE. Qld^[11][12]
• Lepiderema largiflorens S.T.Reynolds – Endemic to the Bellenden Ker Range, Wet Tropics, of NE. Qld^[13][14]
• Lepiderema melanorrhachis Merr. & L.M.Perry – Endemic to New Guinea^[15]
• Lepiderema papuana Radlk. – Endemic to New Guinea^[16]
• Lepiderema pulchella Radlk., Fine–leaved Tuckeroo – Rare, endemic to riverine rainforests of NE. NSW & SE. Qld^[7][17][18]
• Lepiderema punctulata (F.Muell.) Radlk. – Endemic to forests of the central coast region of Qld^[19]
• Lepiderema sericolignis (F.M.Bailey) Radlk., Silkwood – Endemic to the Wet Tropics, of NE. Qld^[20][21]

Species provisionally named, described and accepted according to the authoritative Australian Plant Name Index as of June 2014 while awaiting formal publication

• Lepiderema sp. Impulse Creek (A.B.Pollock 73) Qld Herbarium – central coast region, Qld, endemic^[1][2]

References

1. "Lepiderema%". 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 25 June 2013.
2. Bostock, Peter D.; Holland, Ailsa E., eds. (16 August 2013). "Lepiderema". 2013 Census of the Queensland Flora. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
3. Schot (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 618–20. Digitised, online "Lepiderema". Retrieved 28 November 2013.
4. Reynolds, Sally T. (1982). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, II". Austrobaileya 1 (5): 488–492.
5. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Lepiderema Radlk.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 493. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
6. Harden, Gwen J. (December 2003). "Lepiderema – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
7. "Fine-leaved Tuckeroo – profile". Threatened Species. New South Wales, Australia: Department of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
8. Queensland Government (27 September 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
9. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Lepiderema hirsuta". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
10. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema hirsuta". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
11. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Lepiderema ixiocarpa". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
12. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema ixiocarpa". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
13. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Lepiderema largiflorens". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
14. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema largiflorens". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
15. Schot (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 618–19. Digitised, online "Lepiderema melanorrhachis". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
16. Schot (1994) Flora Malesiana pp. 618–20. Digitised, online "Lepiderema papuana". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
17. Harden, Gwen J. (2001). "Lepiderema pulchella – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
18. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema pulchella". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
19. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema punctulata". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
20. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Lepiderema sericolignis". Retrieved 25 June 2013.
21. Reynolds (1985) Flora of Australia. Online "Lepiderema sericolignis". Retrieved 25 June 2013.

Cited works

• Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Home". 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 25 June 2013.
• Reynolds, Sally T. (1985). "Lepiderema". In George, A. S. Flora of Australia: Volume 25—Melianthaceae to Simaroubaceae (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 393–399. ISBN 978-0-644-03724-2.

• Schot, A. M. (1994). "Lepiderema". In Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C. Flora Malesiana (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11 pt. 3: Sapindaceae. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 618–620. ISBN 90-71236-21-8.

External links

• L. pulchella NSW vulnerable species listing
• Lepiderema photographs in Flickr