Stylidium alsinoides is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Stylidiaceae. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 18 to 30 cm tall. Obovate or elliptical leaves, about 20–100 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stems. The leaves are generally 5.5–14 mm (0.22–0.55 in) long and 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) wide. The bracts on the inflorescence can be as large as leaves and may be hard to distinguish them except for their growth habit: the leaves are alternate whereas the bracts are opposite.
Endiandra compressa, commonly known as whitebark or greenheart, is a rainforest tree in the Lauraceae family endemic to eastern Australia. It was first described in 1919 and has been given the conservation status of least concern.
Catalepidia is a monotypic genus in the family Proteaceae which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. The sole described species is Catalepidia heyana, commonly known as Hey's nut oak. It is a medium sized tree growing up to about 18 m (59 ft) tall, and is found only in upland rainforest above 600 m (2,000 ft) on granite soils, ranging from the Windsor Tableland to the Atherton Tableland.
Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia, and possibly New Guinea, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere. It is an aquatic plant whose natural habitat is permanent and semi-permanent still water bodies.
Irvingbaileya is a monotypic genus—that is, a genus that contains just one species—of flowering plants in the family Stemonuraceae. The sole species is Irvingbaileya australis, commonly known as buff beech or wax berry, a rainforest tree endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Ficus virgata, commonly known as figwood, is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to areas of Southeast Asia and the western Pacific. It usually grows as a strangler on other trees, eventually smothering and killing its host, but may also grow on its own. In Australia it is found from Kutini-Payamu National Park in the northern part of Cape York Peninsula, south along the east coast to Paluma Range National Park, at altitudes from sea level up to about 400 m (1,300 ft). It was named by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.
Amorphophallus galbra, commonly known as cheeky yam or sweet snakeskin lily, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the arum family Araceae found in New Guinea and northern Australia. It has an underground tuber which produces flower spikes and leaves in the wet season, which then die off during the dry season.
Hydnophytum moseleyanum is a plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae native to the Maluku Islands and New Guinea. It is an epiphyte that inhabits mangrove forest and rainforest, and it forms a symbiotic relationship with certain species of ants. It was first described in 1884 by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, and published in his book Malesia.
Aceratium megalospermum, commonly known as bolly carabeen, creek aceratium or carabeen, is a plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Saurauia andreana, commonly known as Andre's saurauia, is a plant in the family Actinidiaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Garuga floribunda, commonly known as garuga, is a plant in the frankincense and myrrh family Burseraceae, with a broad distribution from northeastern India through southeast Asia and northern Australia to the southwestern Pacific. It is a tree up to 36 m (118 ft) tall and a trunk diameter up to 90 cm (35 in). The compound leaves are about 38 cm (15 in) long, arranged spirally and clustered near the tips of the branches. The leaflets are odd in number, with dentate margins, and measure up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long by 5 cm (2.0 in) wide.
Monoon australe is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found in the northern parts of the Australian states of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. It was originally described as Popowia australis by the English botanist George Bentham in 1863, but it was transferred to its current combination in 2012 in a review of the closely related genus Polyalthia conducted by the botanist Bine Xue and others.
Diploglottis bracteata, commonly known as Boonjee tamarind, is a plant in the lychee family Sapindaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a tree growing to about 25 m (82 ft) in height with a fluted trunk and distinctively large bracts of flowers. It was first described by the Dutch botanist Pieter Willem Leenhouts in 1978, and the common name refers to the area on the Atherton Tableland where the species occurs.
Diploglottis macrantha, commonly known as Cape tamarind, is a plant in the lychee family Sapindaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree reaching up to 5 m (16 ft) tall which inhabits rainforest, monsoon forest and gallery forest on Cape York Peninsula. It was first described` by the Australian botanist Sally T. Reynolds in 1981. The common name refers to its native region of Cape York.
Xylopia maccreae, commonly known as orange jacket or MacCrea's xylopia, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in coastal areas of north and central Queensland, Australia. It is an evergreen tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with small buttresses, and young shoots covered in silky hairs. It was first described in 1868 as Melodorum maccreae by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, and transferred to the genus Xylopia in 1956 by Lindsay Stuart Smith. It is one of the food plants for the green-spotted triangle.
Strychnos minor, commonly known as snakewood, is a plant in the family Loganiaceae found in tropical areas from India through southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia. It was first described in 1818.
Gynura drymophila is a plant in the family Asteraceae native to eastern New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It is a herb up to 60 cm (24 in) tall which inhabits a variety of forest types.
Cardiopteris moluccana, commonly known as blood vine, is a climbing plant in the citronella family Cardiopteridaceae native to areas from the Philippines south to Queensland, Australia. It is a twining vine with a stem diameter up to 12 cm (4.7 in). The outer bark has deep, longitudinal corky ridges and the leaves are usually hastate. It was first described by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1847.
Claoxylon hillii is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae found in New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a small tree to 15 m (49 ft) tall, first described by English botanist George Bentham in 1873.
Dysoxylum latifolium is a species of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Australian states of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. It is an evergreen tree to about 30 m (98 ft) tall with a trunk up to 50 cm (20 in) diameter. It inhabits drier rainforest such as monsoon forest, at altitudes from sea level to 250 m (820 ft) in Australia, and 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in New Guinea. It was first described in 1863 by British botanist George Bentham.
