Cossinia australiana

Cossinia australiana
Conservation status
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cossinia australiana — Cossinia, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Reynolds, Sally T. (1982). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, II". Austrobaileya 1 (5): 488–492. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006". Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 33. Retrieved 17 Dec 2013.

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