Pilidiostigma is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. All species occur in Australia and one, P. papuanum, also occurs in Papua New Guinea. They are not generally known to horticulture. The species P. sessile is rare.
Sterculia quadrifida, also known as the peanut tree, monkey nut or red-fruited kurrajong is a small tree that grows in some forests of New Guinea and Australia.
Eupomatia laurina, commonly named bolwarra, native guava or copper laurel, is a species of plant in the primitive flowering-plant family Eupomatiaceae endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
Chionanthus ramiflorus, commonly known in Australia as northern olive or native olive, is a species of plants in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to India, Nepal, northeastern Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, the Philippines, southern China and Taiwan.
Beilschmiedia bancroftii is a tree species in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Queensland in Australia. Common names include yellow walnut, yellow nut and canary ash.
Phaleria clerodendron, commonly known as scented daphne, scented phaleria or rosy apple, is an evergreen tree or tall shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Ganophyllum falcatum, commonly known as the scaly ash, is an evergreen rainforest tree. It grows up to 32 metres high and has rough, flaky bark. The species was described by German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1851 based on plant material collected from the coast of New Guinea.It is native to Africa, the Andaman Islands, Asia, Malesia and northern Australia. The ovoid fruits are consumed by fruit pigeons and cassowaries.
Nothorites is a monotypic genus in the macadamia family Proteaceae. The sole species, Nothorites megacarpus, is endemic to the wet tropics rain forests of northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Dillenia alata, commonly known as red beech, golden guinea flower or golden guinea tree, is a tree in the Dilleniaceae family, found in New Guinea, and the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. It has found some popularity as an ornamental for tropical parks and large gardens due to its colourful flowers and fruit.
Syzygium forte, commonly known as flaky-barked satinash, white apple or brown satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae native to New Guinea and northern Australia.
Cleistanthus hylandii, commonly known as Bernie's Cleistanthus, is an evergreen plant in the family Phyllanthaceae which is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in far northern 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.
Xanthophyllum octandrum, commonly known as Macintyre's boxwood, false jitta, yellow boxwood or sovereignwood, is a slow-growing tree in the milkwort family Polygalaceae which has the potential to reach thousands of years of age. It is endemic to coastal northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Alstonia muelleriana is a tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae which is native to southern Papua New Guinea and northeastern Queensland.
Cupaniopsis flagelliformis, commonly known as brown tuckeroo or weeping flower tamarind, is a tree in the lychee and maple family Sapindaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small tree that inhabits tropical and sub-tropical rainforest and monsoon forest.
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.
Pandanus conicus, commonly known as screw palm, is a species of plants in the family Pandanaceae found only in Queensland, Australia. It is a slim tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with spreading branches, and the trunk bears numerous small spiny "warts". The leaves may be up to 2 m long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) wide, with sharp spines on the margins. They are arranged in densely clustered whorls at the ends of the branches. The plant inhabits rainforest and vine thickets on the east coast of the northern half of Cape York Peninsula, south to about Coen. This species is dioecious, meaning that pistillate and staminate flowers are borne on separate plants. It was first described in 1960 by American botanist Harold St. John.
Garcinia gibbsiae, commonly known as mountain mangosteen, is a species of plants in the family Clusiaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a small tree to about 15 m (49 ft) tall. Leaves can reach 20 cm (7.9 in) long and 9 cm (3.5 in) wide, and they have numerous lateral veins either side of the midrib. This species is dioecious, meaning that pistillate and staminate flowers are borne on separate plants. It was first described in 1917 by English botanist Spencer Le Marchant Moore, and the species epithet was given in honour of another English botanist, Lilian Gibbs, who collected the type specimen.
Meiogyne bidwillii is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree to 5 m (16 ft) tall. The new growth is densely hairy, leaves are simple and arranged alternately on the twigs. Flowers are solitary and produced in the leaf axils. The fruit is an aggregate of several distinct orange/yellow carpels, each about 25 mm (1 in) long, 15 mm (0.6 in) wide and containing up to six seeds. It is found along the east coast of Queensland from about the Mackay region south to Hervey Bay.
Zygogynum semecarpoides, commonly known as Australian pepper tree, is a species of plants in the family Winteraceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. The name Zygogynum semecarpoides is accepted by Plants of the World Online, however, it is not accepted in Australia. The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, the Queensland Herbarium, and the publications Flora of Australia and Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants all recognise an earlier name, Bubbia semecarpoides.
