Biology:Daphnandra melasmena
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Short description: Species of tree
| Daphnandra melasmena | |
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| Socketwood at League Scrub, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Atherospermataceae |
| Genus: | Daphnandra |
| Species: | D. melasmena
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnandra melasmena Schodde
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Daphnandra melasmena, commonly known as the socketwood, or black-leaved socketwood is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia . It grows on the more fertile basaltic soils, often associated with the White Booyong. Found from near Bowraville, New South Wales in the south to the Tweed Valley further north.[1] A small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 metres tall with a stem diameter of 30 cm.
Daphnandra melasmena was first described by ornithologist Richard Schodde in 2000, having been known previously as Daphnandra sp. D.[2] The specific epithet melasmena is derived from the Ancient Greek, referring to the leaves and stems turning black on drying.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. http://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-trees-of-south-eastern-australia/. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ "Daphnandra melasmena Schodde". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=154328.
Wikidata ☰ Q5221583 entry
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