Hicksbeachia pilosa

Red bauple nut
Flowers and fruit
Conservation status
Least Concern  (NCA) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Hicksbeachia
Species:	H. pilosa
Binomial name
Hicksbeachia pilosa P.H. Weston [2] [3]

Hicksbeachia pilosa is a small tree in the family Proteaceae. ^[4] This rare species is endemic to the rainforests of the wet tropics region of northeastern Queensland, Australia. ^[5] It was first described in 1988 by Australian botanist Peter H. Weston, after a collection by Garry Sankowsky and Peter Hind in 1986 at Bobbin Bobbin Falls in North Queensland. ^{[4] [2]} Its specific name is the Latin adjective pilosus "hairy".

Hicksbeachia pilosa is found in rainforest from the Big Tableland to the Cardwell Range in northeastern Queensland.

References

1. "Species profile—Hicksbeachia pilosa". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. "Hicksbeachia pilosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. "Hicksbeachia pilosa P.H.Weston". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
4. Weston, Peter H. (1988). "A revision of Hicksbeachia (Proteaceae)". Telopea. (Online pages, in part – digitised version, linked via APNI ref's). 3 (2): 231–239. doi: 10.7751/telopea19884810 .
5. F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Hicksbeachia pilosa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 5 March 2021.