Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
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Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare rainforest
tree growing in eastern Australia
. Listed as endangered by extinction.
It is a sub species of the tree known as Green-leaved Rose Walnut, or Mueller's Walnut, Endiandra muelleri
It occurs from Maclean, New South Wales
to Mackay, Queensland
. Usually in sub tropical rainforest at the lower altitudes.
If differs from Endiandra muelleri subsp. muelleri in several respects, mostly regarding small hairs:
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
tree growing in eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Listed as endangered by extinction.
It is a sub species of the tree known as Green-leaved Rose Walnut, or Mueller's Walnut, Endiandra muelleri
Endiandra muelleri
Endiandra muelleri is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Its habitat is in warm temperate rainforests on poorer soils. Distributed from the Allyn River in the Barrington Tops region in the south to Kroombit Tops to the north in central Queensland....
It occurs from Maclean, New South Wales
Maclean, New South Wales
Maclean is a town in Clarence Valley Local Government Area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Clarence River and near the Pacific Highway. At the 2006 census, Maclean had a population of 3,245 people...
to Mackay, Queensland
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
. Usually in sub tropical rainforest at the lower altitudes.
If differs from Endiandra muelleri subsp. muelleri in several respects, mostly regarding small hairs:
- twigs have crooked or twisted hairs, (as well as straight) hairs
- twig hairs can be upright (as well as flat)
- the outer envelope of the flower is hairless (the perianthPerianthThe term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany:* In flowering plants, the perianth are the outer, sterile whorls of a flower...
) - small branchlets and the lower leaf veins are rusty red with hairs
- leaf domatiaDomatiaDomatia are tiny chambers produced by plants that house arthropods.Domatia differ from galls in that they are produced by the plant rather than being induced by their inhabitants...
or hairy tufts usually absent