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Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata

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Subspecies of tree

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Endiandra
Species: E. muelleri
Subspecies: E. m. subsp. bracteata
Trinomial name
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
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Synonyms

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare 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, 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

  1. "Endiandra muelleri bracteata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  2. Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
Taxon identifiers
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
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