Cryptocarya onoprienkoana, commonly known as rose maple, southern maple, rose walnut or pigeonberry ash[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, creamy-green, perfumed flowers, and elliptical black to bluish-black drupes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. onoprienkoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya onoprienkoana | |
Description
editCryptocarya onoprienkoana is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 35 m (115 ft), its stems buttressed. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, 80–155 mm (3.1–6.1 in) long and 25–70 mm (1.0–2.8 in) wide, on a petiole 7–19 mm (0.28–0.75 in) long. The flowers creamy green and perfumed, arranged in panicles in leaf axils and are no longer than the leaves. The perianth tube is 0.7–2 mm (0.03–0.08 in) long and 1.3–1.8 mm (0.051–0.071 in) wide. The outer anthers are 0.7–0.9 mm (0.03–0.04 in) long and 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) wide, the inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm (0.03–0.04 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide. Flowering occurs from September to December, and the fruit is an elliptical, black to bluish-black drupe, 15–22 mm (0.6–0.9 in) long and 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) wide with cream-coloured cotyledons.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editCryptocarya onoprienkoana was first formally described in 1989 by Bernard Hyland in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in 1983.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editRose maple grows in rainforest, sometimes in drier rainforest, at altitudes of 50 to 1,000 m (160 to 3,280 ft) between the Windsor Tablelands in the north and Gympie in central Queensland.[2]
Conservation status
editThis species of Cryptocarya is listed as "of least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Cryptocarya onoprienkoana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya onoprienkoana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Cryptocarya onoprienkoana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Cryptocarya onoprienkoana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Species profile—Cryptocarya onoprienkoana". Queensland Government Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
External links
edit- "Cryptocarya onoprienkoana B.Hyland". Atlas of Living Australia.