| Cryptocarya bellendenkerana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. bellendenkerana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya bellendenkerana B.Hyland | |
Cryptocarya bellendenkerana is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to North Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Description
Cryptocarya bellendenkerana is a rainforest tree that typically grows to a height of 25 m (82 ft), its stems sometimes buttressed. Its leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 25–54 mm (0.98–2.13 in) long and 16–32 mm (0.63–1.26 in) wide on a petiole 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles shorter than the leaves and sometimes have an unpleasant odour. The tepals are 1.7–2.2 mm (0.067–0.087 in) long, the outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm (0.028–0.031 in) long and 1.1–1.6 mm (0.043–0.063 in) wide, the inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm (0.028–0.035 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide. Flowering mostly occurs from September to January, and the fruit is a spherical black drupe 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long and 11–12.5 mm (0.43–0.49 in) wide.
Taxonomy
Cryptocarya bellendenkerana was first formally described in 1989 by Bernard Hyland in Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected by Hyland collected in 1982.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Cryptocarya grows in mountain rainforest from south of Cooktown to Mount Bartle Frere in north Queensland, at altitudes between 1,100 and 1,500 m (3,600 and 4,900 ft).
References
- "Cryptocarya bellendenkerana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya bellendenkerana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Cryptocarya bellendenkerana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- "Cryptocarya bellendenkerana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cryptocarya bellendenkerana | |