| Sphalmium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Genus: | Sphalmium (C.T.White) B.G.Briggs, B.Hyland & L.A.S.Johnson |
| Species: | S. racemosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphalmium racemosum (C.T.White) B.G.Briggs, B.Hyland & L.A.S.Johnson | |
| Synonyms | |
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Orites racemosa C.T.White | |
Sphalmium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the protea family. The only species, Sphalmium racemosum, is a large forest tree. Common names include satin silky oak, mystery oak, Mt Lewis oak, poorman's fishtail oak and buff silky oak.
The tree grows to 30 m (100 ft) or more. It is endemic to the upland rainforests of the wet tropics region of northeastern Queensland, Australia.
History
Botanists Barbara Briggs, Bernie Hyland and Lawrie Johnson named the new genus, updated the description and named the new species combination in 1975. They based the new species combination name on Cyril T. White's 1939 description of Orites racemosa, now a synonym.
References
- ^ White, Cyril T. (1939). "Orites racemosa". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 50: 85.
- ^ Briggs, Barbara G.; Hyland, Bernie P.M.; Johnson, Lawrie A.S. (1975). "Sphalmium, a distrinctive genus of Proteaceae from north Queensland". Australian Journal of Botany. 23 (1). pp. 165–172, fig. 1. doi:10.1071/BT9750165.
- ^ Hewson, Helen J. (1995). "Sphalmium". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 342–343, Figs 81, 159, Map 394. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3.
- ^ "Sphalmium racemosum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Sphalmium racemosum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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