Cossinia australiana is a species of seasonal rainforest trees endemic to restricted areas of Queensland, Australia, and constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.[1][2][3]
| Cossinia australiana | |
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| Young specimen photographed in Tuan Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Cossinia |
| Species: | C. australiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cossinia australiana | |
They are found only in restricted habitat areas of central-eastern to southeastern Queensland.[1][2][4]
Both the Australian national and Queensland state governments have given the official conservation status of "endangered" for this species' remaining populations of trees.[1][5]
Within their endemic region the trees grow naturally in habitats of seasonal–drought adapted rainforests and associated vegetation types not adapted to fire, typically on nutrient–rich soils derived from basalt parent materials, which have historically had their native vegetation extensively destroyed and as of 2013[update] been further threatened.[1][2][4]
This species name and description was formally published for the first time in 1982 by Sally T. Reynolds of the Queensland Herbarium.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Cossinia australiana — Cossinia, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013
- ^ a b c d e Reynolds, Sally T. (1982). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, II". Austrobaileya. 1 (5): 488–492. JSTOR 41738633.
- ^ a b c "Cossinia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Sally T. (1985). "Cossinia australiana S.T.Reynolds". Flora of Australia: Volume 25: (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-644-03724-2. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.
- ^ Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 33. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.