Hollandaea diabolica
| Hollandaea diabolica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Genus: | Hollandaea |
| Species: | H. diabolica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hollandaea diabolica A.J.Ford & P.H.Weston[1][2][3] | |
| Synonyms[1][3][4][5] | |
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Hollandaea diabolica is a species of Australian rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][3][4][5]
They grow naturally only (endemic) in restricted areas of the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region of north eastern Queensland.[1][5]
Hollandaea diabolica was recognised by botanical science only as recently as the 1990s and formally scientifically described in 2012 by botanists Andrew Ford and Peter Weston.[1][2][3][5] Around the early 1990s the trees were recognised only in a restricted area in the mountains west and north west of Mossman, Queensland. Another population of H. diabolica affinity was subsequently found south of Mount Bellenden Ker but collections were only of sterile material and not yet fertile and fruiting material.[1] They may grow naturally only in the restricted mountains areas reported, further field work will clarify this.[1][4]
For the restricted, disjunct and small known populations of these trees, the authorities of their 2012 species naming, Andrew Ford and Peter Weston, recommend the conservation status of vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria, "under categories VU, D1 and D2".[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (4): 670–687.
- 1 2 Bostock, Peter D.; Holland, Ailsa E., eds. (16 Aug 2013). "Hollandaea [8784–8788]". 2013 Census of the Queensland Flora. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Retrieved 1 Jan 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Hollandaea%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 Jan 2014.
- 1 2 3 Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Orites sp. Devils Thumb (P.I.Forster PIF10720) [Ford & Weston (2012) described as Hollandaea diabolica]". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 1 Jan 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Hollandaea sp. (Devils Thumb)". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 414. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 1 Jan 2014.