Acronychia eungellensis explained

Acronychia eungellensis, commonly known as Eungella aspen,[1] is a species of small rainforest tree that is endemic to a restricted area in east-central Queensland. It has simple, elliptic leaves on cylindrical stems, flowers in small groups in leaf axils, and fleshy fruit that is elliptic to egg-shaped in outline.

Description

Acronychia eungellensis is a tree that typically grows to a height of and has more or less cylindrical stems. The leaves are simple, glabrous and elliptical, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in small to medium-sized groups long, each flower on a pedicel long. The four sepals are wide, the four petals long and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering occurs in October and the fruit is a fleshy drupe about long and egg-shaped to elliptical in outline.[2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Acronychia eungellensis was first formally described in 1982 by Thomas Gordon Hartley and Bernard Hyland in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected in the Eungella National Park.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This tree grows in rainforest but is restricted to the Eungella National Park and nearby private land at an altitude of about in central-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Eungella aspen is classified as "near threatened" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species profile - Acronychia eungellensis . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 3 July 2020.
  2. Book: Hartley . Thomas G. . Wilson, Annette J.G.. Flora of Australia (Volume 26) . 2013 . Australian Biological Resources Study . Canberra . 113. 3 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Acronychia eungellensis . F.A.Zich . B.P.M.Hyland . T.Whiffen . R.A.Kerrigan . Bernard Hyland . 2020 . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) . . 2 July 2021.
  4. Hartley . Thomas Gordon . Hyland . Bernard P.M. . A new species of Acronychia (Rutaceae) from Australia . Austrobaileya . 1982 . 15 . 5 . 451–454 . 41738630 .
  5. Web site: Acronychia eungellensis. APNI. 3 July 2020.