Terminalia muelleri

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Terminalia muelleri
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Leaves and fruit
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. muelleri
Binomial name
Terminalia muelleri
Synonyms [3]
  • Myrobalanus muelleri(Benth.) Kuntze
  • Terminalia glabraR.Br. ex Benth.
  • Terminalia microcarpaF.Muell.
  • Terminalia muelleri var. minorBenth.

Terminalia muelleri, commonly known as Mueller's damson or the Australian almond, is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. [4] [5] It is native to the Cobourg Peninsula of the Northern Territory, and to northern and eastern Queensland, Australia, and it has been introduced to El Salvador, and to southern Florida. [3] It is used as a street tree in a number of cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cairns, Australia. [6] [ failed verification ]

References

  1. "Terminalia muelleri". Wildnet. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. "Terminalia muelleri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Terminalia muelleri Benth". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Terminalia muelleri". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F.; Franck, A. R.; Essig, F. B. (2023). "Terminalia muelleri". Atlas of Florida Plants. Tampa: Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. Bibcode:2020GloEB..29.1907O. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID   225429443.