Allosyncarpia

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Allosyncarpia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Eucalypteae
Genus: Allosyncarpia
S.T.Blake
Species:
A. ternata
Binomial name
Allosyncarpia ternata

Allosyncarpia ternata, commonly known as an-binik, is a species of rainforest trees constituting part of the botanical family Myrtaceae and included in the eucalypts group. The only species in its genus, it was described in 1981 by Stanley Blake of the Queensland Herbarium. They grow naturally into large, spreading, shady trees, and are endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia. They grow in sandstone gorges along creeks emerging from the Arnhem Land plateau. [1] [2]

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The common name anbinik comes from the Kundedjnjenghmi and Kundjeyhmi dialects of Bininj Kunwok, spoken in West Arnhem Land. In other dialects, such as the Kunwinjku spoken in Gunbalanya, the tree is known as manbinik. [3]

Distribution and habitat

The tree dominates the closed monsoon rainforest communities along the sandstone escarpment of the western Arnhem Land Plateau. The distribution of the species appears to be limited to areas not subject to wildfire. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Ecology

Allosyncarpia dominated rainforest is an important vegetation community along the floristic boundary between the patches of monsoon forest that are sheltered from wildfire, and the fire-tolerant, eucalypt dominated, tropical savannas. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [2] A species of sandstone favouring monitor, the long-tailed Varanus glebopalma , is closely associated with Allosyncarpia woodland in some parts of its range. [10]

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Notes

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  2. 1 2 Russell-Smith, Jeremy; Lucas, D.E.; Brock, J; Bowman, D.M.J.S. (1993), Allosyncarpia-Dominated Rain Forest in Monsoonal Northern Australia-Journal of Vegetation Science Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb., 1993), Wiley, pp. 67–82
  3. Garde, Murray. "manbinik". Bininj Kunwok dictionary. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 Russell-Smith, Jeremy; Dunlop, Clyde (1987), The status of monsoon vine forests in the Northern Territory: a perspective. In ‘The rainforest legacy: Australian national rainforests study. Special Australian heritage publication series 7(1)
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  7. 1 2 Freeman, Jeremy; Edwards, Andrew; Russell-Smith, Jeremy (2017), Fire-Driven Decline of Endemic Allosyncarpia Monsoon Rainforests in Northern Australia series, Forests Journal, pp. 1–21
  8. 1 2 Russell-Smith, Jeremy; Stanton, James Peter (April 27, 2002). "Fire regimes and fire management of rainforest communities across northern Australia - 'Flammable Australia The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent' Chapter 14. PP. 329-344". Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press via CSIRO.
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