Cryptocarya williwilliana
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. williwilliana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya williwilliana B.Hyland&A.G.Floyd[1]"Cryptocarya williwilliana".Australian Plant Census.Retrieved27 October2024.</ref>
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Cryptocarya williwilliana,commonly known assmall-leaved laurel,[2]is a species of flowering plant in thelaurelfamily and is endemic to nearKempseyin northern New South Wales. It is a tree or shrub with egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves, the flowers creamy-green and perfumed, and the fruit a spherical to elliptic, blackdrupe.
Description
[edit]Cryptocarya williwillianais a tree or shrub that typically grows to a height of 6 m (20 ft) and has fluted twigs. Its leaves are egg-shaped to broadly elliptic or lance-shaped,15–40 mm (0.59–1.57 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide on apetiole3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. The flowers are creamy-green and perfumed, usually arranged in aracemein leaf axils, but shorter than the leaves, theperianthtube 1.3–2 mm (0.051–0.079 in) long and 0.9–1 mm (0.035–0.039 in) wide and hairy inside near the tip. Thetepalsare softly-hairy, the outer tepals 1.4–2.0 mm (0.055–0.079 in) long and 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) wide, the inner tepals 1.5–2.1 mm (0.059–0.083 in) long and 1.1–1.4 mm (0.043–0.055 in) wide, the outeranthers0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long and wide, the inner anthers 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) long and 0.4–0.6 mm (0.016–0.024 in) wide. Flowering occurs from October to January, and the fruit is a spherical to elliptic black drupe 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and 8.5–11 mm (0.33–0.43 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Cryptocarya williwillianawas first formally described in 1989 byBernard HylandandAlex FloydinAustralian Systematic Botany,from specimens collected by Hyland nearWilli Williin 1982.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Small-leaved laurel is confined to dry rainforest on limestone near Willi Willi in theMacleay Rivervalley at altitudes of 250–800 m (820–2,620 ft).[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^"Cryptocarya williwilliana".Australian Plant Census.Retrieved27 October2024.
- ^abcLe Cussan, J.; Hyland, Bernard P.M."Cryptocarya williwilliana".Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.Retrieved27 October2024.
- ^abHarden, Gwen J."Cryptocarya williwilliana".Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.Retrieved28 October2024.
- ^"Cryptocarya williwilliana".Australian Plant Name Index.Retrieved28 October2024.
External links
[edit]- "Cryptocarya williwillianaB.Hyland & A.G.Floyd ".Atlas of Living Australia.