Cossinia australiana
| Cossinia australiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dodonaeoideae |
| Genus: | Cossinia Comm. ex Lam. |
| Species: | C. australiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cossinia australiana S.T.Reynolds[2][3] | |
Cossinia australiana is a species of seasonal–rainforest trees found only (endemic) in restricted areas of Queensland, Australia, and constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.[1][2][3]
They grow naturally only (endemic) in restricted habitat areas of central-eastern to south–eastern Queensland.[1][2][4]
Both the Australian national and Queensland state governments have given the official conservation status of "endangered" for this species' remaining populations of trees.[1][5]
Within their endemic region the trees grow naturally in habitats of seasonal–drought adapted rainforests and associated non-adapted to fire vegetation types, typically on nutrient–rich soils derived from basalt parent materials, which have historically had their native vegetation extensively destroyed and as of 2013 been further threatened.[1][2][4]
This species name and description was formally published for the first time in 1982 by Sally T. Reynolds of the Queensland Herbarium.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cossinia australiana — Cossinia, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 Reynolds, Sally T. (1982). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, II". Austrobaileya. 1 (5): 488–492. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Cossinia%". 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 17 Dec 2013.
- 1 2 Reynolds, Sally T. (1985). "Cossinia australiana S.T.Reynolds". Flora of Australia: Volume 25: (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-644-03724-2. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.
- ↑ Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 33. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.