Biology:Sphalmium
| Sphalmium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Genus: | Sphalmium (C.T.White) B.G.Briggs, B.Hyland & L.A.S.Johnson |
| Species: | S. racemosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphalmium racemosum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Orites racemosa C.T.White[1] | |
Sphalmium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the protea family.[1][2][3][5] The only species, Sphalmium racemosum, is a large forest tree. Common names include satin silky oak, mystery oak, Mt Lewis oak, poorman's fishtail oak and buff silky oak.[3][5]
The tree grows to 30 m (100 ft) or more. It is endemic to the upland rainforests of the wet tropics region of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[2][3][5]
History
Botanists Barbara Briggs, Bernie Hyland and Lawrie Johnson named the new genus, updated the description and named the new species combination in 1975.[2][4] They based the new species combination name on Cyril T. White's 1939 description of Orites racemosa, now a synonym.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 White, Cyril T. (1939). "Orites racemosa". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 85.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Briggs, Barbara G.; Hyland, Bernie P.M.; Johnson, Lawrie A.S. (1975). "Sphalmium, a distrinctive genus of Proteaceae from north Queensland". Australian Journal of Botany 23 (1): pp. 165–172, fig. 1. doi:10.1071/BT9750165. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9750165.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hewson, Helen J. (1995). "Sphalmium". in McCarthy, Patrick. Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 342–343, Figs 81, 159, Map 394. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=45085.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sphalmium racemosum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=31370.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland (2020). "Sphalmium racemosum". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/sphalmium_racemosum.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q10373719 entry
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