Cupaniopsis tomentella

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Cupaniopsis tomentella
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Compound leaf near Flinders Peak
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Cupaniopsis
Species:
C. tomentella
Binomial name
Cupaniopsis tomentella

Cupaniopsis tomentella, commonly known as Boonah tuckeroo, [2] 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.

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Description

Cupaniopsis tomentella is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 10 m (33 ft), its young branchlets with woolly hairs, the branchlets with lenticels. The leaves are paripinnate with usually six to eight elliptic or oblong leaflets 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long and 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) wide on a petiole 35–70 mm (1.4–2.8 in) long, the leaf rhachis 60–130 mm (2.4–5.1 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles 20–90 mm (0.79–3.54 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals lobes are hairy, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and the petals are white, about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. The fruit is a hairy, elliptic, orange-yellow sessile capsule, flushed with red, 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) long 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) wide, the seed with a yellow aril. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller. Bentham gave it the name Cupania tomentella from specimens collected by Walter Hill near Moreton Bay. [4] [5] . In 1984, Sally T. Reynolds transferred the species to Cupaniopsis as C. tomentella in the journal Austrobaileya . [3] [6] The specific epithet (tomentella) means 'minutely tomentose'. [7]

Distribution and habitat

Boonah tuckeroo occurs between Boonah and Ipswich in south-east Queensland, usually in dry scrubs. [2] [3] [8]

Conservation status

This species of Cupaniopsis is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 [8] and the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [9] The main threats to the species are its fragmented distribution and smothering exotic vines. [8]

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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>Harpullia pendula</i> Species of tree

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<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>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>Harpullia arborea</i> Species of plant in the family Sapindaceae

Harpullia arborea, commonly known as Cooktown tulipwood in Australia, is species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae is native to the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka throughout Mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia to Queensland in Australia and the Western Pacific. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves with 6 to 10 leaflets, small pink or pale green flowers arranged in leaf axils or on old woody stems, and orange-yellow to red capsules containing shiny black seeds.

<i>Harpullia hillii</i> Species of flowering plant

Harpullia hillii, commonly known as tulipwood, blunt-leaved tulip or oblong-leaved tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves, the leaflets elliptic to egg-shaped and papery with the narrower end towards the base, white flowers, and orange capsules containing a seed nearly enclosed in a red aril.

<i>Harpullia leichhardtii</i> Species of flowering plant

Harpullia leichhardtii is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a tree with 4 to 8 paripinnate leaves, the leaflets oblong to elliptic, curved and papery, greenish-yellow flowers, and yellow-orange capsules.

Hibbertia banksii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is native to Queensland and New Guinea. It is a shrub with thick, leathery leaves and yellow flowers with about twenty to forty-eight stamens arranged on one side of the two carpels.

<i>Diploglottis obovata</i> Species of flowering plant

Diploglottis obovata, commonly known as blunt-leaved tamarind, is a plant in the family Sapindaceae endemic to central eastern Queensland, Australia. Until 1987 it was considered to be a form of the very closely related Diploglottis diphyllostegia.

<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 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 simulata</i> Species of tree

Cupaniopsis simulata, commonly known as northern tuckeroo, 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.

References

  1. "Cupaniopsis tomentella". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Sally T. "Cupaniopsis tomentella". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Sally T. (1984). "Notes on Sapindaceae, III". Austrobaileya. 2 (1): 51–52. JSTOR   41739161 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. "Cupania tomentella". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 458. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. "Cupaniopsis tomentella". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. Stearn, William T. (1992). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 514.
  8. 1 2 3 "Approved Conservation Advice for Cupaniopsis tomentella (Boonah Tuckeroo)" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  9. "Species profile—Cupaniopsis tomentella (Boonah tuckeroo)". Queensland Government, Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 17 October 2024.