Stenocarpus cryptocarpus, commonly known as the giant-leaved stenocarpus,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base, simple, mostly elliptical adult leaves, groups of cream-coloured flowers and narrow oblong follicles.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocarpus |
| Species: | S. cryptocarpus
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Description
editStenocarpus cryptocarpus is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 25 m (82 ft), with a dbh of up to 40 cm (16 in). It is a canopy tree and has buttress roots at the base.[5][6] The leaves of young plants are bipinnate, up to 115 cm (45 in) long on a petiole 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) long. Adult leaves are simple, elliptic, more or less oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and 9–14 cm (3.5–5.5 in) long on a petiole 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long.
The leaves are glossy green and covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs when young. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branches with up to 20 flowers on a peduncle 55–95 mm (2.2–3.7 in) long. The individual flowers are cream-coloured, strongly perfumed and 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to April and the fruit is a narrow oblong follicle up to 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) long.[4][6][7]
Taxonomy
editStenocarpus cryptocarpus was first formally described in 1988 by botanists Don Foreman and Bernie Hyland in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Hyland from North Queensland in 1969.[6][8] The specific epithet (cryptocarpus) means "hidden-fruited".[9]
Distribution and habitat
editGiant leaved stenocarpus grows in rainforest at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) between Cooktown and Innisfail.[4]
References
edit- ^ Forster, P., Ford, A., Griffith, S. & Benwell, A. (2020). "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118489987A122769366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118489987A122769366.en. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Species profile—Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". APC. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b c F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Sankowsky, Nada. "Attention Grabbers". Australian Plants Online. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants. Archived from the original on 6 Dec 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Foreman, Donald B.; Hyland, Bernard P. (1988). "New species of Buckinghamia F.Muell. and Stenocarpus R.Br. (Proteaceae) from northern Queensland". Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany. 6 (6): 422–424. doi:10.5962/p.171890. S2CID 251007242. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Foreman, Donald B. "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". APNI. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780958034180.
External links
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Media related to Stenocarpus cryptocarpus at Wikimedia Commons- View a map of recorded sightings of Stenocarpus cryptocarpus at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- See images of Stenocarpus cryptocarpus on Flickriver
