Aceratium

Aceratium
	Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus:	Aceratium; DC.
Type species
	Aceratium oppositifolium; DC.
Species
	See text

Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] In Australia they are commonly known as carabeens.^[4]^[5] They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees.^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5]

They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas,^[1] and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Some species have uses for their fruits as food and,^[1] although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.^{[citation needed]}

Selected species

Aceratium archboldianum A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
Aceratium braithwaitei (F.Muell.) Schltr. – New Guinea
Aceratium brassii A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
Aceratium concinnum (S.Moore) C.T.White – Qld, Australia
Aceratium doggrellii C.T.White – Qld, Australia
Aceratium ferrugineum C.T.White – Qld, Australia
Aceratium ledermannii Schltr. – New Guinea, New Britain
Aceratium megalospermum (F.Muell.) Balgooy – Qld, Australia
Aceratium muellerianum Schltr. – New Guinea
Aceratium oppositifolium DC. – Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea region: Kai Islands through to the Santa Cruz group, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands
Aceratium pachypetalum Schltr. – W New Guinea
Aceratium parvifolium Schltr. – New Guinea
Aceratium pittosporoides Schltr.; Syn: A. breviflorum Schltr. – New Guinea
Aceratium sericeum A.C.Sm. – W New Guinea
Aceratium sericoleopsis Balgooy – Qld, Australia
Aceratium sinuatum Coode – New Guinea
Aceratium sphaerocarpum Kaneh. & Hatus.; Syn: A. erythrocarpum A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
Aceratium tomentosum Coode – New Guinea

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Coode, Mark J. E. (1995) [originally published 1981]. "Elaeocarpaceae". In Henty, E. E. (ed.). Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. (Digitised, online, freely available via www.pngplants.org). Vol. Vol. 2 (reprinted ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 39–51. ISBN 0-522-84204-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Aceratium%". 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 21 June 2013.
^ Conn, Barry J. (2013) [2008+]. "Aceratium" (Online, from pngplants.org/PNGCensus). Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Elaeocarpaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Aceratium DC.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 157. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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[Coode-1981-Fl.PNG-1] Coode, Mark J. E. (1995) [originally published 1981]. "Elaeocarpaceae". In Henty, E. E. (ed.). Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. (Digitised, online, freely available via www.pngplants.org). Vol. Vol. 2 (reprinted ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 39–51. ISBN 0-522-84204-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[APNI-2] "Aceratium%". 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 21 June 2013.

[PNGCensus-3] Conn, Barry J. (2013) [2008+]. "Aceratium" (Online, from pngplants.org/PNGCensus). Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[RFK6.1-4] Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Elaeocarpaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[Coopers-2004-5] Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Aceratium DC.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 157. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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