Xylopia maccreae
| Orange jacket | |
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| Flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Xylopia |
| Species: | X. maccreae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylopia maccreae | |
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Xylopia maccreae, commonly known as orange jacket or MacCrea's xylopia, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in coastal areas of north and central Queensland, Australia. It is an evergreen tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with small buttresses, and young shoots covered in silky hairs. It was first described in 1868 as Melodorum maccreae by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, and transferred to the genus Xylopia in 1956 by Lindsay Stuart Smith. It is one of the food plants for the green-spotted triangle (Graphium agamemnon).[4][5]
Conservation
[edit]As of November 2024[update], this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.[1][6]
Gallery
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Base of trunk
References
[edit]- ^ a b Louden, M. (2024). "Xylopia maccreae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T239638478A239638480. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Xylopia maccreae". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Xylopia maccreae (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Xylopia maccreae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Jessup, L.W. (2022). "Xylopia maccreae". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Species profile—Xylopia maccreae". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
External links
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- View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver.com