Cryptocarya bidwillii, commonly known as yellow laurel,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to eastern Australia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-white and tube-shaped, and the fruit an elliptic black drupe.
| Yellow laurel | |
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| Flanged trunk | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. bidwillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya bidwillii | |
Description
editCryptocarya bidwillii is a tree that typically grows to a height of 20 m (66 ft), its stem usually not buttressed. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, 60–130 mm (2.4–5.1 in) long and 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) wide on a petiole 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long. The leaves are glabrous, the upper surface green and shiny but the lower surface is paler. The flowers are creamy-white and arranged in panicles almost as long as the leaves. The tepals are 1.2–1.7 mm (0.047–0.067 in) long, the outer anthers 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide, the inner anthers 0.7–0.8 mm (0.028–0.031 in) long and 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) wide. Flowering occurs in December, and the fruit is an elliptic black drupe 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in) long and 8–12.5 mm (0.31–0.49 in) wide.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
editCryptocarya bidwillii was first formally described in 1864 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from specimens collected by John Carne Bidwill near Wide Bay.[5][6]
Distribution and habitat
editYellow laurel grows in seasonal rainforest at altitudes up to 1,100 m (3,600 ft), between near Mackay in north Queensland and near Grafton in New South Wales.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Cryptocarya bidwillii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya bidwillii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Cryptocarya bidwillii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J. "Cryptocarya bidwillii". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Cryptocarya bidwillii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; de Candolle, Augustin P. (1864). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 15. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 74. Retrieved 16 June 2024.