''Endiandra muelleri'' subsp. ''bracteata''

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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

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.

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., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 page 197
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