Stenocarpus davallioides explained

Stenocarpus davallioides, commonly known as the fern-leaved stenocarpus,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with simple or pinnate adult leaves, groups of creamy-green flowers and narrow oblong follicles.

Description

Stenocarpus davallioides is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to with a dbh of up to and some buttressing of the base. Young plants and coppice regrowth have finely divided, fern-like leaves up to long on a petiole up to long. Adult leaves are mainly simple, lance-shaped and long on a petiole long, but some are intermediate, resembling the juvenile leaves. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils with up to fifteen flowers on a peduncle long, the individual flowers creamy-green and long, each on a pedicel long. Flowering mainly occurs in November and the fruit is a narrow oblong follicle up to long, containing up to eight winged seeds.[2] [3]

Taxonomy

Stenocarpus davallioides was first formally described in 1988 by Donald Bruce Foreman and Bernard Hyland in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Hyland in 1975.[4] Davallia is a species of fern and the suffix -oides means "like" or "resembling".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Fern-leaved stenocarpus is native to northern Queensland, where it is found on Thornton Peak and Mount Lewis National Park, ranging from above sea level.[2]

Use in horticulture

This species is rarely cultivated, but can grow in subtropical climates, though its frost tolerance is unknown.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stenocarpus davallioides . Frank Zich . Bernie Hyland . Trevor Whiffen . Raelee Kerrigan . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 . 2020 . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) . 15 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Stenocarpus davallioides . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 15 September 2021.
  3. Foreman . Donald B. . Hyland . Bernard P.M. . New species of Buckinghamia F.Muell. and Stenocarpus R.Br. (Proteaceae) from northern Queensland . Muelleria . 1988 . 6 . 6 . 419–422 . 15 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Stenocarpus davallioides. APNI. 15 September 2021.
  5. Book: . Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary . 1992 . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon . 4th. 456.
  6. Web site: Walters . Brian . Stenocarpus davallioides . Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) . Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) . 25 September 2019.