| Cryptocarya whiffiniana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. whiffiniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya whiffiniana | |
Cryptocarya whiffiniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with oblong, lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves, creamy green flowers, and elliptic glaucous or black drupes.
Cryptocarya whiffiniana is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft), its stems buttressed. Its leaves are oblong, lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic, 70–110 mm (2.8–4.3 in) long and 20–40 mm (0.8–1.6 in) wide, on a petiole 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long. The flowers are creamy green but not perfumed, and arranged in panicles shorter than the leaves. The perianth tube is 1.5–1.6 mm (0.059–0.063 in) long and about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) wide, the outer tepals 1.9–2.1 mm (0.075–0.083 in) long and 0.9–1.1 mm (0.035–0.043 in) wide, the inner tepals 1.8–2.1 mm (0.071–0.083 in) long and about 1.2 mm (0.047 in) wide. The outer anthers are 0.4–0.8 mm (0.016–0.031 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide, the inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm (0.028–0.035 in) long and 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) wide. Flowering has been recorded in August and November, and the fruit is an elliptic glaucous or black drupe, 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long and 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) wide with cream-coloured cotyledons. [2] [3]
Cryptocarya whiffiniana was first formally described in 2007 by J. Le Cussan and Bernard Hyland in the appendix to the Flora of Australia from specimens collected near Gadgarra in 1988. [4] The specific epithet (whiffiniana) honours "Dr. Trevor Whiffin...who has a long-standing interest in rainforest species". [4]
This species of Cryptocarya grows in rainforest at altitudes from 520 to 720 m (1,710 to 2,360 ft) from the Lamb Range to the Gadgarra area in north Queensland. [2] [3]
This species of Cryptocarya is listed as "of least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [5]
Cryptocarya rigida, commonly known as rose maple, southern maple, rose walnut, pigeonberry ash, forest maple or brown beech, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, creamy green flowers, and elliptic black drupes.
Cryptocarya corrugata, commonly known as corduroy laurel, oak walnut, acidwood or bull's breath, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, the flowers creamy-green, slightly perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to bluish-black drupe.
Cryptocarya vulgaris commonly known as northern laurel, 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.
Cryptocarya mackinnoniana commonly known as Mackinnons laurel, Mackinnons walnut, rusty laurel, rusty leaved laurel, rusty leaved walnut or koonjoongaroo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with oblong to narrowly elliptic to oval leaves, creamy green and pale brown, unpleasantly perfumed flowers, and elliptic black drupes.
Cryptocarya cunninghamii, commonly known as Cunningham's laurel or coconut laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a tree with oblong to elliptic leaves, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to purplish-blackdrupe.
Cryptocarya angulata, commonly known as ivory laurel, ivory walnut, bull's breath or acidwood, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland, Australia. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic or egg-shaped, the flowers tube-shaped and creamy-green and the fruit a bluish or black drupe.
Cryptocarya bellendenkerana is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to North Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya brassii is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is native to far north Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Its leaves are elliptic to oblong or lance-shaped, the flowers cream-coloured and tube-shaped, and the fruit an elliptic black to bluish-black drupe.
Cryptocarya clarksoniana, commonly known as Clarkson's laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya claudiana, commonly known as Claudie laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. Its leaves are oblong to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit an elliptic or spherical black drupe.
Cryptocarya cocosoides, commonly known as coconut laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical black to purple drupe.
Cryptocarya endiandrifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved walnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae family and is native to Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. Its leaves are elliptic to oblong or lance-shaped, the flowers cream-coloured or pale green and unpleasantly perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic black drupe.
Cryptocarya exfoliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae family and is native to Cape York Peninsula the Northern Territory and New Guinea. Its leaves are lance-shaped, the flowers creamy-green and slightly perfumed, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic black drupe.
Cryptocarya grandis, commonly known as cinnamon laurel or white laurel, is a tree in the laurel family and is endemic to north Queensland. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, the flowers creamy-green, unpleasantly perfumed and tube-shaped, and the fruit a spherical drupe.
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Cryptocarya rhodosperma is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, greenish, perfumed flowers, and elliptic, black drupes.
Cryptocarya saccharata, commonly known as sugar cane laurel, or corduroy laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with lance-shaped leaves, creamy green, perfumed flowers, and elliptic or pear-shaped black to bluish-black drupes.
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