Stenocarpus
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| Stenocarpus | |
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| Firewheel Tree (S. sinuatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocarpus R.Br. ex Knight |
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25 spp. |
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Stenocarpus is a genus of around 25 species of woody trees or shrubs of the family Proteaceae, occurring in rainforests of Eastern and monsoonal areas of Northern and North-Western Australia (9 species) with 2 extending into New Guinea and the Aru Islands, with the greatest diversity occurring in New Caledonia, where the majority are found (12 species).[1].
By far the most well known in Australia is Stenocarpus sinuatus, the Queensland Firewheel Tree, which is commonly used as a street or garden tree on the East Coast.
[edit] Species
- Stenocarpus comptonii - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus cryptocarpus (Giant-leaved stenocarpus)
- Stenocarpus cunninghamii
- Stenocarpus davallioides
- Stenocarpus dumbeensis - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus gracilis - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus heterophyllus - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus intermedius - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus milnei- New Caledonia[1].
- Stenoarpus phyllodineus - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus reticulatus
- Stenocarpus rubiginosus - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus salignus (Scrub Beefwood)
- Stenocarpus sinuatus (Firewheel Tree)
- Stenocarpus trinervis - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus tremuloides - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus umbelliferus - New Caledonia[1]
- Stenocarpus verticis
- Stenocarpus villosus - New Caledonia[1]
[edit] References
- Foreman, DB (1995). "Stenocarpus". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 363–369. ISBN 0-643-05693-9.
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