Stenocarpus cryptocarpus, commonly known as the giant-leaved stenocarpus,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base, simple, mostly elliptical adult leaves, groups of cream-coloured flowers and narrow oblong follicles.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocarpus |
| Species: | S. cryptocarpus
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| Stenocarpus cryptocarpus | |
Description edit
Stenocarpus cryptocarpus is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 25 m (82 ft), with a dbh of up to 40 cm (16 in). It is a canopy tree and has buttress roots at the base.[5][6] The leaves of young plants are bipinnate, up to 115 cm (45 in) long on a petiole 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) long. Adult leaves are simple, elliptic, more or less oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and 9–14 cm (3.5–5.5 in) long on a petiole 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long.
The leaves are glossy green and covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs when young. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branches with up to 20 flowers on a peduncle 55–95 mm (2.2–3.7 in) long. The individual flowers are cream-coloured, strongly perfumed and 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to April and the fruit is a narrow oblong follicle up to 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) long.[4][6][7]
Taxonomy edit
Stenocarpus cryptocarpus was first formally described in 1988 by botanists Don Foreman and Bernie Hyland in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Hyland from North Queensland in 1969.[6][8] The specific epithet (cryptocarpus) means "hidden-fruited".[9]
Distribution and habitat edit
Giant leaved stenocarpus grows in rainforest at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) between Cooktown and Innisfail.[4]
References edit
- ^ Forster, P., Ford, A., Griffith, S. & Benwell, A. (2020). "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118489987A122769366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118489987A122769366.en. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Species profile—Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". APC. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b c F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Sankowsky, Nada. "Attention Grabbers". Australian Plants Online. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants. Archived from the original on 6 Dec 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Foreman, Donald B.; Hyland, Bernard P. (1988). "New species of Buckinghamia F.Muell. and Stenocarpus R.Br. (Proteaceae) from northern Queensland". Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany. 6 (6): 422–424. doi:10.5962/p.171890. S2CID 251007242. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Foreman, Donald B. "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Stenocarpus cryptocarpus". APNI. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780958034180.
External links edit
Media related to Stenocarpus cryptocarpus at Wikimedia Commons- View a map of recorded sightings of Stenocarpus cryptocarpus at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- See images of Stenocarpus cryptocarpus on Flickriver
