Alectryon ramiflorus
Alectryon ramiflorus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Alectryon |
Species: | A. ramiflorus |
Binomial name | |
Alectryon ramiflorus S.Reynolds | |
Alectryon ramiflorus is a species of endangered small seasonal rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They remain growing naturally only (endemic) in a very restricted area of south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Threats of extinction to the species include habitat loss and disturbance of a catastrophic degree from wildfire or storms.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). IUCN 2013, ed. "Alectryon ramiflorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013, 2, online at www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013.
- ↑ Alectryon ramiflorus, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013
- ↑ Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006". Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 32. Retrieved 14 Dec 2013.