Flindersia collina

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Broad-leaved leopard tree
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At Nuga Nuga National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Flindersia
Species:
F. collina
Binomial name
Flindersia collina
Synonyms [1]
  • Flindersia strzeleckiana var. latifolia F.M.Bailey
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Flindersia collina, commonly known as broad-leaved leopard tree, leopard ash, [2] bastard crow's ash or leatherwood, [3] is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It usually has pinnate leaves with between three and seven elliptical to spatula-shaped leaves, panicles of white flowers and fruit studded with rough points.

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Description

Flindersia collina is a tree that typically grows to a height of 40 m (130 ft). Its bark is shed in oval flakes leaving shallow depressions. The leaves are arranged in more or less opposite pairs and are usually pinnate with between three and seven elliptical to egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base. The leaflets are mostly 25–90 mm (0.98–3.54 in) long and 10–47 mm (0.39–1.85 in) wide and sessile. Simple leaves, when present, are a similar shape to the leaflets, 18–45 mm (0.71–1.77 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles 30–180 mm (1.2–7.1 in) long and there are usually at least a few male-only flowers. The flowers are about 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide, the sepals about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and the petals white and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs through the year, but mainly in spring and the fruit is a woody capsule 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long containing winged seeds 14–25 mm (0.55–0.98 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Flindersia collina was first formally described in 1898 by Frederick Manson Bailey in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Broad-leaved leopard tree grows in rainforest and dry scrub from near sea level to an altitude of 700 m (2,300 ft) and is found between the Rinyirru National Park in far northern Queensland to Toonumbar in far north-eastern New South Wales.

Conservation status

Flindersia collina is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [7]

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<i>Flindersia brayleyana</i> Species of tree

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<i>Flindersia australis</i> Species of tree

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<i>Flindersia xanthoxyla</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Flindersia bennettii</i> Species of tree

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<i>Bosistoa floydii</i> Species of tree

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<i>Bosistoa transversa</i> Species of flowering plant

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

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<i>Zanthoxylum rhetsa</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Flindersia acuminata</i> Species of tree

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<i>Flindersia bourjotiana</i> Species of tree

Flindersia bourjotiana, commonly known as Queensland silver ash, northern silver ash, or white ash, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has pinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with between four and eight narrow egg-shaped to elliptic leaflets, greenish white flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with short, rough points.

<i>Flindersia brassii</i> Species of tree

Flindersia brassii, commonly known as hard scented maple or Claudie River scented maple, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has pinnate leaves with between four and nine narrow elliptical leaflets, white or cream-coloured flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with rough points.

<i>Flindersia dissosperma</i> Species of tree

Flindersia dissosperma, commonly known as scrub leopardwood, is a species of small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern-central Queensland. It usually has pinnate leaves with between three and five elliptical to egg-shaped leaves, panicles of white to cream-coloured flowers and fruit studded with rough points.

<i>Flindersia oppositifolia</i> Species of tree

Flindersia oppositifolia, commonly known as mountain silkwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Bellenden Ker Range in northern Queensland. It has simple leaves arranged more or less in opposite pairs, dark reddish flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with short, rough points.

References

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  3. 1 2 Hartley, Thomas G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 69–70. Retrieved 17 July 2020.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
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  7. "Species profile—Flindersia collina (broad-leaved leopard tree)". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 17 July 2020.