Brassiantha hedraiantheroides

Brassiantha hedraiantheroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Brassiantha
A.C.Sm.
Species: B. hedraiantheroides
Binomial name
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides
A.J.Ford[1]

Brassiantha hedraiantheroides is a species of Australian understory shrubs or small trees, constituting part of the plant family Celastraceae.[1][2] In 2012 botanist Andrew J. Ford formally scientifically named and described them as the first recognised Australian species of this Brassiantha genus.[1] Previously several publications provided informal scientific descriptions of this species under the provisional names "Hedraianthera sp. Mossman (V.K.Moriarty 2557) Qld Herbarium" or "Hedraianthera sp. Mossman".[1][3][4][5]

They grow naturally only (endemic) in a restricted area of the wet tropics rainforests of north eastern Queensland, Australia.[4] They grow as understory shrubs or small trees in rainforests and sclerophyll forests from near sea level to about 600 m (2,000 ft) altitude.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Simmons, Mark P.; McKenna, Miles J.; Bacon, Christine D.; Yakobson, Kendra; Cappa, Jennifer J.; Archer, Robert H.; Ford, Andrew J. (Jan 2012). "Phylogeny of Celastraceae tribe Euonymeae inferred from morphological characters and nuclear and plastid genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.022. ISSN 1055-7903. Retrieved 19 Apr 2013.
  2. "Brassiantha hedraiantheroides A.J.Ford". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) database], IBIS database". Canberra: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013. |contribution= ignored (help)
  4. 1 2 3 Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Hedraianthera sp. Mossman (V.K.Moriarty 2557) Qld Herbarium". 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 13 Mar 2013.
  5. Bostock, P. D.; Holland, A. E., eds. (2010). Census of the Queensland Flora 2010. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Resource Management. p. 39. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.


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