Helicia australasica

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Helicia australasica
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Helicia
Species: H. australasica
Binomial name
Helicia australasica
F.Muell.[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Helicia glabrescens C.T.White
  • Helicia dentellata Sleumer

Helicia australasica, also named Austral oak or creek silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees, and constitutes part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.[1][2][3][4]

They grow naturally through New Guinea and in Australia in central and north eastern Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and the Northern Territory, from about 0 to 1,100 m (0 to 3,609 ft) altitude.[1][2][3][4][5]

They are threatened by habitat loss.[6]

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Helicia australasica%". 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 4 Dec 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". In Conn, Barry J. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. (Digitised, online, freely available via www.pngplants.org). Vol. 3. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A. et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Helicia australasica". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 2 Nov 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Helicia australasica F.Muell.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 412. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia australasica F.Muell." (online version). In McCarthy, Patrick. Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 395, fig. 173, map 444. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013. 
  6. ↑ Eddowes, P.J. 1998. Helicia australasica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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