Biology:Helicia australasica

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Proteaceae from New Guinea and Australia

Helicia australasica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Helicia
Species:
H. australasica
Binomial name
Helicia australasica
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Helicia glabrescens C.T.White
  • Helicia dentellata Sleumer

Helicia australasica, also named Austral oak or creek silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees from the flowering plant family Proteaceae.[2][3][4][5]

Its everyday name in the local northeast Queensland Dyirbal language was miyabur, though a more general word gurruŋun "oak tree" (also applied to Darlingia ferruginea and Cardwellia sublimis) was used in the taboo [Dyalŋuy] vocabulary.[6]

They grow naturally through New Guinea and in Australia in central and northeastern Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and the Northern Territory, from about 0 to 1,100 m (0 to 3,609 ft) altitude.[2][3][4][5][7]

They are threatened by habitat loss.[1]

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.[3][5][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Benwell, A.; Ford, A.; Forster, P.; Griffith, S. (2020). "Helicia australasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T38142A123114975. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T38142A123114975.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/38142/123114975. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Helicia australasica%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Helicia+australasica%25. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". in Conn, Barry J.. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. 3. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 242–243. http://www.pngplants.org. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland (2020). "Helicia australasica". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/helicia_australasica.htm. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 412. ISBN 9780958174213. https://books.google.com/books?id=s0JFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Helicia+australasica%22. Retrieved 4 March 2021. 
  6. Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward (1990). "The Origin of "Mother-in-Law Vocabulary" in Two Australian Languages". Anthropological Linguistics 32 (1/2): 1–56. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". in McCarthy, Patrick. Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 395, fig. 173, map 444. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=45175. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013. 

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