Gymnostoma papuanum

Gymnostoma papuanum
Planted specimen at Cairns Botanic Gardens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Casuarinaceae
Genus:	Gymnostoma
Species:	G. papuanum
Binomial name
Gymnostoma papuanum (S.Moore) L.A.S.Johnson [2]
Synonyms [2]
Casuarina papuanaS.Moore

Gymnostoma papuanum is a species of plants in the family Casuarinaceae endemic to New Guinea. It was first described in 1923 by English botanist Spencer Le Marchant Moore as Casuarina papuanum, and moved to the genus Gymnostoma in 1982 by Australian botanist Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson. In 2018 the International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed the species as Least Concern. ^[3]

References

1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Gymnostoma papuanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T135891629A135894849. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135891629A135894849.en . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
2. "Gymnostoma papuanum (S.Moore) L.A.S.Johnson". Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
3. Johnson, L. A. S. (1982). "Notes on Casuarinaceae II". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 6 (1): 84. JSTOR   23873879.

External links

• View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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