Planchonella cotinifolia

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Planchonella cotinifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. cotinifolia
Binomial name
Planchonella cotinifolia
(A.DC.) Dubard (1912) [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Achras cotinifolia(A.DC.) F.Muell. (1871)
  • Hormogyne cotinifoliaA.DC. (1844)
  • Mimusops cotinifoliaA.Cunn. ex A.DC. (1844), not validly publ.
  • Pouteria cotinifolia(A.DC.) Baehni (1942)
  • Sersalisia cotinifolia(A.DC.) F.Muell. (1866)
  • Sideroxylon cotinifolium(A.DC.) Engl. (1897)
  • Xantolis cotinifolia(A.DC.) Baehni (1965)

Planchonella cotinifolia is an Australian tree in the family Sapotaceae. The common names include small-leaved plum, yellow lemon and small-leaved coondoo. It occurs in the drier rainforests from the Richmond River, New South Wales to the Wenlock River in tropical Queensland. [3]

It grows as a small tree, up to 15 m (49 ft) tall and a stem diameter of 40 cm (16 in). It may be recognised by the small leaves, 1–5 cm (0.39–1.97 in) m long, 0.5–3 cm (0.20–1.18 in) wide, with a rounded tip. Flowering occurs between February and March. The fruit is glossy black, usually containing one shining light brown seed. The seed has a lengthwise scar.

It belongs to the genus Planchonella which occurs across the tropics of Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Pacific islands, and into northern and eastern Australia. A genetic analysis of material found that Planchonella cotinifolia was most closely related to Planchonella eerwah and Planchonella australis and was a sister to the two species, the three forming a distinct group. [4]

Two varieties are recognized:

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). "Planchonella cotinifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T154664264A154754042. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T154664264A154754042.en .
  2. 1 2 Planchonella cotinifolia (A.DC.) Dubard. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  3. Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 408. ISBN   978-0-958943-67-3 . Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  4. Teguh Triono; Anthony H. D. Brown; Judy G. West; Michael D. Crisp (2007). "A phylogeny of Pouteria (Sapotaceae) from Malesia and Australasia". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (2): 107–18. doi:10.1071/SB06011. hdl: 1885/28531 .