Archidendron hendersonii, the White Lace Flower or Tulip Siris is a rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

 tree in eastern Australia

Australia

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. A rare plant, listed as vulnerable. The plant is named after J.A. Henderson, who collected the original specimen at Ballina

Ballina, New South Wales

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It grows north from the Richmond River, New South Wales up to Cape Melville

Cape Melville

Cape Melville is a headland on the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula. To its west lies Princess Charlotte Bay. It is part of the Cape Melville National Park....

 in tropical Queensland

Queensland

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A tree up to 18 metres tall and a stem diameter of 60 cm. The former habitat of riverine and lowland sub-tropical rainforest in New South Wales

New South Wales

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is mostly destroyed for housing and agriculture.