Acronychia parviflora explained

Acronychia parviflora is a species of shrub or small rainforest tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has simple, egg-shaped to elliptical leaves, flowers arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils and fleshy, more or less spherical fruit.

Description

Acronychia parviflora is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of and has cylindrical or slightly compressed stems. The leaves are simple, mostly long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged singly or in small groups long in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel long. The four sepals are about wide, the four petals long with a small hook on the tip, and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering and fruiting occurs in most months and the fruit is a fleshy drupe long and more or less spherical.[1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Acronychia parviflora was first formally described in 1933 by Cyril Tenison White in the journal, Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.[4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

This acronychia grows in rainforest between Mount Lewis and Tully Falls, at altitudes between in tropical north Queensland.

Conservation status

This species is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hartley . Thomas G. . Wilson, Annette J.G. . Flora of Australia (Volume 26) . 2013 . Australian Biological Resources Study . Canberra . 112. 4 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Acronychia parviflora . 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.
  3. Hartley . Thomas G. . A revision of the genus Acronychia (Rutaceae). . Journal of the Arnold Arboretum . 1974 . 55 . 3 . 500–501 . 10.5962/p.324717 . 4 July 2020. free .
  4. Web site: Acronychia parviflora. APNI. 4 July 2020.
  5. White . Cyril Tenison . Ligneous plants collected for the Arnold Arboretum in North Queensland by S.F. Kajewski in 1929. . Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University . 1933 . 4 . 51 . 4 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Species profile - Acronychia parviflora . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 4 July 2020.