Flindersia oppositifolia

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Flindersia oppositifolia - Wikipedia

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Mountain silkwood

Near Atherton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Flindersia
Species:	F. oppositifolia
Binomial name
*Flindersia oppositifolia* (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartely & Jessup^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Flindersia pimenteliana f. oppositifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Scott, W.K.Harris & Playford Flindersia unifoliolata T.G.Hartley Hypsophila oppositifolia F.Muell.

Flindersia oppositifolia, commonly known as mountain silkwood,^[2] is a species of tree that is endemic to the Bellenden Ker Range in northern Queensland. It has simple leaves arranged more or less in opposite pairs, dark reddish flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with short, rough points.

Description

Flindersia oppositifolia is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft). Its leaves are simple, arranged more or less in opposite pairs, egg-shaped to elliptical, 30–120 mm (1.2–4.7 in) long and 14–32 mm (0.55–1.26 in) wide on a petiole 5–25 mm (0.20–0.98 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles 30–90 mm (1.2–3.5 in) long and have five sepals 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and five dark reddish petals 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a woody capsule 75–80 mm (3.0–3.1 in) long studded with short, rough points, and separating into five at maturity, releasing winged seeds 35–40 mm (1.4–1.6 in) long.^[3]^[4]

Taxonomy

Mountain silkwood was first formally described in 1892 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Hypsophila oppositifolia and published the description in The Victorian Naturalist from material collected on Mount Bartle Frere.^[5]^[6] In 1982, Thomas Hartley and Laurence Jessup changed the name to Flindersia oppositifolia in the journal Brunonia.^[7]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain silkwood grows in rainforest at altitudes of 1,300 to 1,500 m (4,300 to 4,900 ft) and is only known from the Bellenden Ker Range in north Queensland.^[3]^[4]

Conservation status

Flindersia oppositifolia is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Flindersia oppositifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Species profile—Flindersia oppositifolia (mountain silkwood)". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Hartley, Thomas G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 66. Retrieved 18 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
^ ^a ^b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Flindersia oppositifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Hypsophila oppositifolia". APNI. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1892). "Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations". The Victorian Naturalist. 9 (1): 11. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ "Flindersia oppositifolia". APNI. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

Taxon identifiers
Flindersia oppositifolia	Wikidata: Q18075811 Wikispecies: Flindersia oppositifolia APNI: 104861 ATRF: Flindersia_oppositifolia CoL: 6J92G FoAO2: Flindersia oppositifolia GBIF: 3835304 IPNI: 910665-1 NCBI: 67933 Open Tree of Life: 499507 Plant List: kew-2813507 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:910665-1 Tropicos: 100339300 WFO: wfo-0000691394

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