Cryptocarya vulgaris

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Northern laurel
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. vulgaris
Binomial name
Cryptocarya vulgaris
Synonyms [1]
  • Cryptocarya glaucescens var. coriacea Benth
  • Cryptocarya hypotephra F.Muell.
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Cryptocarya vulgaris commonly known as northern laurel, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with elliptic to oblong or lance-shaped leaves, creamy yellow and pale green, perfumed flowers, and spherical black drupes.

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Description

Cryptocarya vulgaris is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 30 m (98 ft), its stems sometimes buttressed. Its leaves are elliptic to oblong or lance-shaped, 65–140 mm (2.6–5.5 in) long and 25–60 mm (1.0–2.4 in) wide, on a petiole 6–19 mm (0.24–0.75 in) long. The flowers are creamy yellow, pale green and perfumed, and arranged in panicles longer than the leaves. The perianth tube is 0.8–1.4 mm (0.031–0.055 in) long and 0.9–1.3 mm (0.035–0.051 in) wide, the outer tepals 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and 0.8–1.1 mm (0.031–0.043 in) wide, the inner tepals 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and 0.6–0.9 mm (0.024–0.035 in) wide. The outer anthers are 0.4–0.6 mm (0.016–0.024 in) long and 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide, the inner anthers 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long and 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) wide. Flowering occurs from November to April, and the fruit is usually a spherical black drupe, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) wide with creamy yellow cotyledons. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Cryptocarya vulgaris was first formally described in 1989 by Bernard Hyland in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected in the Little Pine Logging Area in 1979. [5] The specific epithet (vulgaris) means 'common' or 'ordinary'. [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Cryptocarya grows in rainforest at altitudes from sea level to 850 m (2,790 ft) from the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula to Yeppoon in central eastern Queensland. [3] [4]

Conservation status

This species of Cryptocarya is listed as "of least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cryptocarya vulgaris". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Species profile —Cryptocarya vulgaris". Queensland Government Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 Le Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M. "Cryptocarya vulgaris". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Cryptocarya vulgaris". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cryptocarya vulgaris". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Stearn, William T. (1992). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 529.
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