Melicope littoralis

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Melicope littoralis - Wikipedia

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Shade tree
Conservation status
Vulnerable (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Melicope
Species:	M. littoralis
Binomial name
*Melicope littoralis* C.Moore & F.Muell.^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Euodia contermina (C.Moore & F.Muell.) (C.Moore & F.Muell.)

Melicope littoralis , commonly known as shade tree,^[2] is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Norfolk Island. It has trifoliate leaves and small white flowers borne in leaf axils in panicles of a few to many flowers.

Description

Melicope littoralis is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 4–5 m (13–16 ft). It has mostly trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and 130–350 mm (5.1–13.8 in) long on a petiole 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long, the leaflets elliptical to egg-shaped, 100–240 mm (3.9–9.4 in) long and 60–130 mm (2.4–5.1 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of a few to many, in panicles 20–160 mm (0.79–6.30 in) long and 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) wide on a peduncle 10–80 mm (0.39–3.15 in) long. The flowers are borne on pedicels 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long, the sepals egg-shaped, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and joined at the base, the petals white, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and there are four stamens. The fruit consists of up to four follicles up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long and fused at the base, the seeds about 6 mm (0.24 in) long.^[3]

Taxonomy

The shade tree was first formally described in 1833 by Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Euodia littoralis and published the description in his book Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2001, Thomas Gordon Hartley changed the name to Melicope littoralis in the journal Allertonia.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Norfolk Island where it grows in coastal and inland forest. It is most often seen in the Norfolk Island National Park.^[3]^[7]

Conservation status

Melicope littoralis is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Melicope littoralis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "15 Vulnerable Norfolk Island Flora Species". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hartley, Thomas Gordon (February 2001). "On the Taxonomy and Biogeography of Euodia and Melicope (Rutaceae)". Allertonia. 8 (1): 96–97. JSTOR 23189298.
^ "Euodia littoralis". APNI. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ Endlicher, Stephan (1833). Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. pp. 86–87. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "Melicopoe littoralis". APNI. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ Coyne, Peter (December 2011). Norfolk Island's fascinating flora. Belconnen, A.C.T.: Petaurus Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780980652826.
^ "SPRAT profile - Melicope littoralis". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

Taxon identifiers
Melicope littoralis	Wikidata: Q15393853 APNI: 117564 CoL: 3ZF25 FoAO2: Melicope littoralis GBIF: 3832664 iNaturalist: 1236697 IPNI: 948116-1 Open Tree of Life: 6125498 Plant List: tro-50261119 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:948116-1 SPRAT: 22042 Tropicos: 50261119 WFO: wfo-0001272960
Euodia littoralis	Wikidata: Q39836362 APNI: 68582 CoL: 3CGCV GBIF: 5594438 IPNI: 773042-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:773042-1 Tropicos: 50261118 WFO: wfo-0001272959

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