Cupaniopsis simulata

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Cupaniopsis simulata
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Compound leaf near Marys Creek
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Cupaniopsis
Species:
C. simulata
Binomial name
Cupaniopsis simulata

Cupaniopsis simulata, commonly known as northern tuckeroo, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Queensland. It is a rainforest tree with paripinnate leaves with 4 to 12 elliptic leaflets, and separate male and female flowers arranged in a thyrse, the fruit a brownish orange capsule.

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Description

Cupaniopsis simulata is a tall, straight tree that typically grows to a height of up to 25 m (82 ft). The bark is furrowed, greyish-brown with lighter blotches and its new growth is reddish, the stems hairy at first, later glabrous. The leaves are paripinnate with 4 to 12 elliptic leaflets 60–150 mm (2.4–5.9 in) long and 24–57 mm (0.94–2.24 in) wide on a petiole 37–82 mm (1.5–3.2 in) long, the leaf rhachis 50–175 mm (2.0–6.9 in) long. The leaflets are pale green, more or less shiny and glabrous. The flowers are arranged in thyrses or panicles 80–130 mm (3.1–5.1 in) long, the individual flowers white to yellow or green, up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter on a pedicel 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long. The (usually) five sepals lobes are elliptic or more or less round, 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long and 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) wide and the 5 petals are broadly egg-shaped, up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide and hairy on the outside. The fruit is an oval, brownish orange capsule 17–28 mm (0.67–1.10 in) long and 14–27 mm (0.55–1.06 in) long with three lobes, each lobe with a black seed with an orange or red aril almost covering the seed. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Cupaniopsis simulata was first formally described in 1991 by Sally T. Reynolds in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected near Fairlies Knob in 1990. [3] [5] The specific epithet (simulata) means 'resembling' or 'imitating', referring to its similarity to C. anacardioides and C. dallachyi . [3]

Distribution and habitat

Northern tuckeroo grows in araucarian rainforest at altitudes from 120 to 540 m (390 to 1,770 ft) between central eastern and south-eastern Queensland. [4]

Conservation status

This species of Cupaniopsis is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Cupaniopsis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Cupaniopsis is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family, Sapindaceae and are native to Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Vanuatu, Samoa, Torres Strait Islands, Micronesia and Australia. Plants in the genus Cupaniopsis are trees with paripinnate with small, regular flowers with 5 sepals and petals with 6 to 10 stamens and the fruit a capsule.

<i>Cupaniopsis anacardioides</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis anacardioides, commonly known as tuckeroo, cashew-leaf cupania, carrotwood, beach tamarind or green-leaved tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family, Sapindaceae, and is native to eastern and northern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 4 to 8 egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic leaves, and separate male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a more or less spherical golden yellow capsule.

<i>Cupaniopsis baileyana</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis baileyana, commonly known as narrow-leaved tuckeroo, toothed tuckeroo or white tamarind, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 8 to 20 narrowly oblong to lance-shaped leaflets, and separate, male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a more or less spherical red to brown capsule.

<i>Cupaniopsis newmanii</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis newmanii, commonly known as long-leaved tuckeroo, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a rainforest tree with paripinnate leaves with 16 to 24 narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaflets, and separate male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a rust-coloured capsule flushed with pink.

<i>Lepiderema pulchella</i> Species of flowering plant

Lepiderema pulchella, commonly known as fine-leaved tuckeroo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to coastal eastern Australia. It is a tree with pinnate, glossy light green leaves with four to fourteen leaflets, panicles of yellow-orange flowers and brown, spherical to three-lobed fruit.

<i>Cupaniopsis wadsworthii</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis wadsworthii, sometimes commonly named duckfoot, or dwarf tuckeroo, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to Queensland. It is a slender shrub or small tree with paripinnate leaves with two to eight broadly wedge-shaped or broadly lobed leaflets, and separate male and female flowers arranged in raceme-like thyrses, the fruit a capsule with a seed with an orange aril.

<i>Boronia squamipetala</i> Species of flowering plant

Boronia squamipetala is a species of plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae, and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves with between five and thirteen elliptic leaflets, and green to white, four-petalled flowers with hairy backs.

Hibbertia monticola, commonly known as mountain guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers with many stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels.

Hardenbergia perbrevidens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a twiner with slender stems, trifoliate leaves with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaflets, and racemes of deep mauve to purple flowers with yellow marks.

Ricinocarpos verrucosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is an monoecious shrub with very narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped leaves, and flowers usually arranged with one or two female flowers with eight to twenty male flowers above them.

<i>Cupaniopsis flagelliformis</i> Species of flowering plant

Cupaniopsis flagelliformis, commonly known as brown tuckeroo or weeping flower tamarind, is a tree in the lychee and maple family Sapindaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small tree that inhabits tropical and sub-tropical rainforest and monsoon forest.

<i>Cupaniopsis foveolata</i> Species of flowering plant

Cupaniopsis foveolata, commonly known as narrow-leaved tuckeroo, white tamarind or toothed tuckeroo, is a plant in the maple and lychee family Sapindaceae found in eastern Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

<i>Cupaniopsis cooperorum</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis cooperorum, commonly known as Cooper's puzzle, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to Queensland. It is a small tree with paripinnate leaves with 8 to 14 lance-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, separate male and female, cream-coloured flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit an orange-pink capsule.

<i>Cupaniopsis dallachyi</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis dallachyi is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 4 to 14 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with domatia along the midrib, separate male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a brown capsule containing a reddish-brown seed with a brown aril.

Cupaniopsis papillosa, commonly known as Tully Falls tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to a restricted area near Ravenshoe. It is a shrub or small tree with paripinnate leaves with 5 to 7 elliptic, egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, separate male and female, white flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a fawn-yellow capsule.

Cupaniopsis diploglottoides, commonly known as velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a shrub or tree with paripinnate leaves with sessile leaflets and separate male and female flowers.

Cupaniopsis fleckeri is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a small tree with paripinnate leaves with 8 to 10 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, and separate male and female flowers arranged in panicles.

<i>Cupaniopsis serrata</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis serrata, commonly known as smooth tuckeroo, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 6 to 12 oblong to egg-shaped leaflets with a pointed tip, and separate male and female flowers arranged in racemes, the fruit a more or less spherical capsule containing a seed with an orange aril.

<i>Cupaniopsis shirleyana</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis shirleyana, commonly known as wedge-leaved tuckeroo, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to Queensland. It is a small tree with paripinnate leaves, usually with 6 to 14 wedge-shaped leaflets with serrated edges, and separate male and female flowers arranged in spikes, the fruit a more or less spherical orange capsule containing a seed with an orange-red aril.

<i>Cupaniopsis tomentella</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis tomentella, commonly known as Boonah tuckeroo, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with usually 6 to 8 elliptic or oblong leaflets, and separate male and female flowers arranged in a panicle, the fruit an orange-yellow capsule with a red flush.

References

  1. ↑ "Cupaniopsis simulata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Cupaniopsis simulata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Sally T. (1991). "New species and changes in Sapindaceae from Queensland". Austrobaileya. 3 (3): 495–496. JSTOR   41738788 . Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Cupaniopsis simulata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cupaniopsis simulata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Species profile—Cupaniopsis simulata". Queensland Government, Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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