Palmeria racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody vine with elliptic to oblong leaves and male and female flowers borne on separate plants, male flowers usually with thirty to forty stamens and female flowers with about ten carpels. The fruit is green, splitting to form a pinkish receptacle with 3 to 7 black or red drupes.[2]
| Palmeria racemosa | |
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| In Tapin Tops National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Monimiaceae |
| Genus: | Palmeria |
| Species: | P. racemosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Palmeria racemosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hedycarya racemosa Tul. | |
Description
editPalmeria racemosa is similar to Palmeria scandens, but has star-shaped hairs 0.3–1.1 mm (0.012–0.043 in) in diameter on the midrib, sometimes also on lateral veins – P. scandens has both simple and star-shaped hairs on the lower leaf surface.[3]
Taxonomy
editThis species was first formally described in 1855 by Edmond Tulasne who gave it the name Hedycarya racemosa in Annales des Sciences Naturelles.[4][5] In 1868, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle transferred the species to Palmeria as P. racemosa in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[6] The specific epithet (racemosa) means "racemose".
Palmeria racemosa is listed as a synonym of Palmeria scandens in the Flora of Australia.[7] However, P. racemosa was described nine years before P. scandens, so if the species are synonymous, the legitimate name for the species is P. racemosa.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editPalmeria racemosa grows in rainforest and margins of rainforest between Kin Kin in south-east Queensland to Batemans Bay on the south coast of New South Wales.[3]
Conservation
editThis species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as of "least concern".[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Palmeria racemosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Whiffin, T.; Foreman, D.B. (2021). Busby, J.R. (ed.). "Palmeria racemosa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Guymer, Gordon P. (2008). "Notes on Palmeria F.Muell. (Monimiaceae) in Australia and the application of the name Palmeria racemosa (Tul.) A.DC". Austrobaileya. 7 (4): 731–732. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Hedycarya racemosa". APNI. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Tulasne, Edmond (1855). "Diagnosed Nonnullas e Monimiacearum". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 4. 3: 45–46. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Palmeria racemosa". APNI. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Whiffin, Trevor P.; Foreman, Donald B. (2007). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (PDF). p. 90. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Species profile —Palmeria racemosa". Queensland Government Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 13 May 2024.