Alectryon ramiflorus

Alectryon ramiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Alectryon
Species: A. ramiflorus
Binomial name
Alectryon ramiflorus
S.Reynolds

Alectryon ramiflorus is a species of endangered small seasonal rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They remain growing naturally only (endemic) in a very restricted area of south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Threats of extinction to the species include habitat loss and disturbance of a catastrophic degree from wildfire or storms.[1][2][3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). IUCN 2013, ed. "Alectryon ramiflorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013, 2, online at www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013.
  2. Alectryon ramiflorus, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013
  3. Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 32. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013.


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