Alectryon subdentatus
| Alectryon subdentatus | |
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| (Kwiambal National Park) | |
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| (Kwiambal National Park) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Alectryon |
| Species: | A. subdentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Alectryon subdentatus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alectryon subdentatus f. genuinus Radlk. | |
Alectryon subdentatus is a tall shrub/small tree in the Sapindaceae family, and was first described in 1863 as Nephelium subdentatum by Ferdinand von Mueller,[2][3] and then in 1879 was assigned to the genus, Alectryon, by Ludwig Radlkofer.[2][4]
It is native to Queensland and to New South Wales in Australia, where it is found in the dry tropical biome.[1]
Description
[edit]It grows as a shrub or small tree (to a height of 11 m). Its bark is grey to brown which, smooth at first, becomes rough and scaly. Its younger branches and stems have a covering of pale yellow hairs, but older stems are sparsely hairy. Additionally, young stems have longitudinal grooves.[5] The leaves are alternate and compound with four to six opposing leaflets, and the lowest pair is much smaller than the others. The margins are serrate to dentate and have 8-12 lateral veins. The leaves' upper surface is glossy while the lower surface is hairy and paler.[5] The fruit is usually a 2-lobed capsule with black seeds, one per lobe, having a red fleshy aril which covers almost half the seed.[5]
It differs from Alectryon tomentosus in its fruits.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alectryon subdentatus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Radlk. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Alectryon subdentatus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 465
- ^ Radlkofer, L.A.T. in Jonkman, H.F. (ed.) (1879), Ueber die Sapindaceen Hollandisch-Indiens. Actes du Congres International de Botanistes, d'Horticulteurs, de Negociantes et de Fabricants de Produits du Regne Vegetal, tenu a Amsterdam, en 1877: 117
- ^ a b c Zich F.A., Hyland B.P.M., Whiffin T., Kerrigan R.A. (2020). "Alectryon subdentatus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ S.T. Reynolds. "Alectryon subdentatus". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 11 January 2025.