Helicia australasica

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Helicia australasica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Helicia
Species:
H. australasica
Binomial name
Helicia australasica
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Helicia glabrescensC.T.White
  • Helicia dentellataSleumer

Helicia australasica, also named Austral oak or creek silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees from the flowering plant family Proteaceae. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Its everyday name in the local northeast Queensland Dyirbal language was miyabur, though a more general word gurruŋun "oak tree" (also applied to Darlingia ferruginea and Cardwellia sublimis ) was used in the taboo [Dyalŋuy] vocabulary. [6]

They grow naturally through New Guinea and in Australia in central and northeastern Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and the Northern Territory, from about 0 to 1,100 m (0 to 3,609 ft) altitude. [2] [3] [4] [5] [7]

They are threatened by habitat loss. [1]

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall. [3] [5] [7]

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References

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