Sankowskya

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Sankowskya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Sankowskya
P.I.Forst.
Species:
S. stipularis
Binomial name
Sankowskya stipularis
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Dissiliaria sp. Rex Range (G.Sankowsky 1075)

Sankowskya is a genus of plants. The sole known species, Sankowskya stipularis, is a tree endemic to one locality in the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4] The species constitutes part of the plant family Picrodendraceae. [1] [2] [3] Few botanical collections have ever been made of the trees, from a very restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforests, hence the species has obtained the conservation status of "endangered" in the legislative regulation of the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [3] [5] Notably, trees grow naturally in the Thylogale Nature Refuge. [1]

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References

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