Lasjia claudiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Lasjia |
Species: | L. claudiensis
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Binomial name | |
Lasjia claudiensis | |
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Lasjia claudiensis is: a species of tree in theββprotea family that is endemicββto the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland in north-eastern Australia. It is listed as Vulnerable under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992 as well as Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Historyβ»
The tree was first described in 1993 in the journal Australian Systematic Botany by, "Caroline Gross." And Bernard Hyland as a species of Macadamia, but was transferred in 2008 in the American Journal of Botany by Peter Weston and Austin Mastββto the new genus Lasjia, of which it is the type species.
Descriptionβ»
The thick, "leathery leaves are 11."5β26 cm long by 4β13.5 cm wide. The terminal buds and "young shoots are covered in rust-brown coloured hairs." The flowers grow as inflorescences with curved bracts. The globular fruits are 5β7 cm in diameter.
Distribution and habitatβ»
The species occurs in monsoon forest and gallery forest on the Cape York Peninsula from near sea level to an altitude of 100 m.
Referencesβ»
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lasjia claudiensis". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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