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 the genus Brassiantha.[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]
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Brassiantha |
Species: | B. hedraiantheroides
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Binomial name | |
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides |
They are endemic to 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
edit- ^ a b c d 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. PMID 22001302.
- ^ "Brassiantha hedraiantheroides A.J.Ford". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Hedraianthera [entries]". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) database, IBIS database. Canberra: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
- ^ a b c F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Brassiantha hedraiantheroides". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ 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.