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Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Eucalyptus pauciflora, commonly known as snow gum, cabbage gum or white sally, is a species of tree or mallee that is native to eastern Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, flower buds in clusters of between seven and fifteen, white flowers and cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical fruit. It is widespread and locally common in woodland in cold sites above 700 m (2,300 ft) altitude.
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Richea is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Nine of the species are endemic to Tasmania and the other two are endemic to the south-east of the Australian mainland.
Europtera is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Yves de Lajonquière in 1970.
Richea pandanifolia, the pandani or giant grass tree, is a distinctive endemic Tasmanian angiosperm. It is dicot of the family Ericaceae and is found in central, western and south west Tasmania. It is a favourite among hikers and nature lovers.
Echinoscelis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Alfred James Vincent was an Australian cartoonist born in Launceston, Tasmania.
Nematolepis squamea , commonly known as Satinwood, is an upright shrub or small tree species which is endemic to Australia.
Synoemis pandani is a species of beetle in the family Silvanidae, the only species in the genus Synoemis.
Agastachys odorata, commonly known as the white waratah or fragrant candlebush, is the sole member of the genus Agastachys in the protea family. It is an evergreen shrub to small tree and is endemic to the heaths and button grass sedgelands of western Tasmania.
Cenarrhenes is a monytypic genus in the family Proteaceae containing the single species Cenarrhenes nitida, known as the Port Arthur plum or native plum. Cenarrhenes nitida is an evergreen shrub to small tree endemic to the rainforests and scrublands of western Tasmania. It bears white flowers in late spring followed by the development of fleshy fruit.
Europtera pandani is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.
Echinoscelis hemithia is a species of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Tonga.
Beyeria viscosa, commonly known as the pinkwood or sticky wallaby bush, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is endemic to Australia.
Laetiporus portentosus is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in South America, Australia, and New Zealand. It has been used traditionally as a tinder and to carry fire by Australian Aboriginals, and by New Zealand Māori people. The Māori have also used it as a "wound protector, to soften and ease a difficult labor."
Mariblemma is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae found on the Seychelles. It contains the single species, Mariblemma pandani, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1978 and placed into Paculla. Pekka T. Lehtinen transferred it to Mariblemma in 1981, disagreeing with Brignoli's original placement.
Sedlacekia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Sedlacekia pandani. It is distributed in New Guinea. The genus is named after Josef and Marie Sedlacek, who collected part of the type material.
Mary Elizabeth Livingston was a late-colonial Australian artist. She was best known as a botanical artist, specialising in Tasmanian native flora.
Laminicoccus is a genus of mealy-bugs belonging to the family Pseudococcidae. The genus was first described in 1960 by Williams.
