Biology:Aristotelia peduncularis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. peduncularis
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| Aristotelia peduncularis | |
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Aristotelia peduncularis, also known as heartberry,[2] is a shrub in the family Elaeocarpaceae, endemic to the wet forests of Tasmania.[1]
Description
Aristotelia peduncularis is a straggly woody monoecious shrub with slender arching branches reaching up to 1.5 metres in height.[3]
Leaves vary in size from 2 to 7 centimetres and are generally ovate to lanceolate with toothed margins, though they may occasionally be deeply lobed.[3] They are held opposite, alternate, or in whorls of three.[4]
Flowers occur in summer and are bisexual, white and campanulate, held singly (or sometimes in a group of 2-3) from long peduncles at axils.[3][5] Each petal is triple-lobed, forming a fringe, and the inside of the flower may have some pink-purple markings.[3]
The fruit is a fleshy, roughly heart-shaped berry, ranging in colour from deep purple-black through to red, pink and white.[2][3]
Distribution
This species is found only, but is widespread, within Tasmania,[6] occurring more commonly in the south.[5] It can be found in relative abundance in the understorey of wet forests where conditions are consistently moist and shady,[2][3] often on mountain slopes and in fern gullies (60-600m)[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Vascular Plants". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/treeElement/51344719/51220376.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". https://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/ELAEO_CUN_TREM/gAristotelia.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Howells, Christine, ed (2012). Tasmania's Natural Flora. Hobart, Tasmania: Australian Plants Society Tasmania Inc., Hobart Group. pp. 120. ISBN 9780909830663.
- ↑ "Species information: Aristotelia peduncularis". https://www.utas.edu.au/docs/plant_science/field_botany/species/dicots/elaeocsp/arispedu.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Coode, M. J. E. (1985). "Aristotelia and Vallea, Closely Related in Elaeocarpaceae". Kew Bulletin 40 (3): 479–507. doi:10.2307/4109610.
- ↑ "Communities". http://www.understorey-network.org.au/communities.html?species=Aristotelia%20peduncularis.
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