Elaeocarpus linsmithii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Elaeocarpus
Species:
E. linsmithii
Binomial name
Elaeocarpus linsmithii

Elaeocarpus linsmithii is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves, white or pale green flowers and oval fruit.

Description

Elaeocarpus linsmithii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–2.5 m (4.9–8.2 ft) with a dbh of less than 30 cm (12 in). The leaves are leathery, oblong to elliptic, 85–130 mm (3.3–5.1 in) long and 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) wide on a petiole 20–45 mm (0.79–1.77 in) long. The flowers are arranged in racemes of six to thirteen on a rachis 50–110 mm (2.0–4.3 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 16–22 mm (0.63–0.87 in) long. The flowers are white or pale green, 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in) long with five narrow oblong to lance-shaped sepals 20–26 mm (0.79–1.02 in) long, 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) wide and densely covered with silky brown hairs on the outside. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 22–27 mm (0.87–1.06 in) long and 5–98 mm (0.20–3.86 in) wide and there are between twenty-eight and thirty-five stamens. Flowering occurs from April to June and the fruit is a more or less oval drupe 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) wide.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Elaeocarpus linsmithii was first formally described in 1984 by Gordon P. Guymer in the Kew Bulletin.[3][4] The specific epithet (linsmithii) honours Lindsay Stuart Smith.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Elaeocarpus linsmithii grows in rainforest at altitudes of 1,000 to 1,500 m (3,300 to 4,900 ft) in the Mount Spurgeon - Mount Lewis area and near the summit of Mount Bartle Frere in north-eastern Queensland.[2]

Conservation status

Elaeocarpus linsmithii is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]

References

  1. "Elaeocarpus linsmithii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Elaeocarpus linsmithii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Hyland, Bernard; Coode, Mark J. (1984). "Elaeocarpus in Australia and New Zealand". Kew Bulletin. 39 (3): 560–563.
  4. "Elaeocarpus linsmithii". APNI. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. "Species profile —Elaeocarpus linsmithii". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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