Acronychia parviflora

Acronychia parviflora is a species of shrub or small rainforest tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has simple, egg-shaped to elliptical leaves, flowers arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils and fleshy, more or less spherical fruit.

Acronychia parviflora
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Acronychia
Species:
A. parviflora
Binomial name
Acronychia parviflora

Description

Acronychia parviflora is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 8 m (26 ft) and has cylindrical or slightly compressed stems. The leaves are simple, mostly 30–100 mm (1.2–3.9 in) long and 14–45 mm (0.55–1.77 in) wide on a petiole 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly or in small groups 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) long. The four sepals are about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide, the four petals 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long with a small hook on the tip, and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering and fruiting occurs in most months and the fruit is a fleshy drupe 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long and more or less spherical.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Acronychia parviflora was first formally described in 1933 by Cyril Tenison White in the journal, Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

This acronychia grows in rainforest between Mount Lewis and Tully Falls, at altitudes between 200 and 1,350 m (660 and 4,430 ft) in tropical north Queensland.[2][3]

Conservation status

This species is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]

References
  1. "Acronychia parviflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. Hartley, Thomas G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 112. Retrieved 4 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. "Acronychia parviflora". Australian National Botanic Gardens - Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. Hartley, Thomas G. (1974). "A revision of the genus Acronychia (Rutaceae)". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 55 (3): 500–501. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. "Acronychia parviflora". APNI. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. White, Cyril Tenison (1933). "Ligneous plants collected for the Arnold Arboretum in North Queensland by S.F. Kajewski in 1929". Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. 4: 51. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. "Species profile - Acronychia parviflora". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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