Cryptocarya erythroxylon

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Cryptocarya erythroxylon
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In the Richmond Range National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. erythroxylon
Binomial name
Cryptocarya erythroxylon
Maiden & Betche ex Maiden [1]
Leaves in Springbrook National Park Cryptocarya erythroxylon.jpg
Leaves in Springbrook National Park

Cryptocarya erythroxylon commonly known as rose maple, rose walnut, pigeonberry ash, red-wooded cryptocarya, southern maple or bottleberry, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to eastern Australia. Its leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped the flowers cream-coloured and tube-shaped, and the fruit a pear-shaped black drupe.

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Description

Cryptocarya erythroxylon is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 30 m (98 ft), its stem usually buttressed. Its leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped, 65–145 mm (2.6–5.7 in) long and 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) wide on a petiole 8–19 mm (0.31–0.75 in) long. The lower surface of the leaves is glaucous. The flowers are cream-coloured and arranged in panicles shorter than the leaves. The perianth tube is about 0.9 mm (0.035 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide, the outer tepals 1.2 mm (0.047 in) long and 0.8 mm (0.031 in) wide, the inner tepals 1.4 mm (0.055 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) wide. Flowering occurs in November, and the fruit is a pear-shaped black drupe, 19.5–21 mm (0.77–0.83 in) long and 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Cryptocarya erythroxylon was first formally described in 1907 by Joseph Maiden in The Forest Flora of New South Wales, from an unpublished description by Maiden and Ernst Betche of a tree discovered by William Dunn in the "Macpherson Range". [4]

Distribution and habitat

Rose maple grows in subtropical rainforest in coastal ranges at altitudes at 500–1,050 m (1,640–3,440 ft) between Gympie in Queensland and Barrington Tops in New South Wales. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Cryptocarya erythroxylon". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya erythroxylon". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Cryptocarya erythroxylon". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. "Cryptocarya erythroxylon". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2 July 2024.