Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare[1] rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed as endangered by extinction. It is a subspecies of the tree known as green-leaved rose walnut, or Mueller's walnut, Endiandra muelleri. It occurs from Maclean, New South Wales to Mackay, Queensland,[2] usually in sub tropical rainforest at the lower altitudes.

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Endiandra
Species:
E. muelleri
Subspecies:
E. m. subsp. bracteata
Trinomial name
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Synonyms

If differs from the autonym Endiandra muelleri subsp. muelleri in several respects, mostly regarding small hairs:

  • twigs have crooked or twisted hairs, (as well as straight) hairs
  • twig hairs can be upright (as well as flat)
  • the outer envelope of the flower is hairless (the perianth)
  • small branchlets and the lower leaf veins are rusty red with hairs
  • leaf domatia or hairy tufts usually absent

References
  1. "Endiandra muelleri bracteata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  2. Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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