Helicia nortoniana

Helicia nortoniana, also named Norton's silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees, of northeastern Queensland, Australia, from the flowering plant family Proteaceae.[4][5][6][7][8]

Helicia nortoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Helicia
Species:
H. nortoniana
Binomial name
Helicia nortoniana
(F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey[2][3][4]
Synonyms[4]
  • base name: Cyanocarpus nortoniana F.M.Bailey
  • Helicia ferruginea var. tropica F.M.Bailey
  • Helicia tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin

They are endemic to the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region, from about 0 to 1,000 m (0 to 3,281 ft) altitude.[4][5][6][7][8]

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.[7][8]

References
  1. Forster, P.; Ford, A.; Griffith, S. & Benwell, A. (2020). "Helicia nortoniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118140457A122768946. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. Bailey, Frederick M. (1901). "CXI. Proteaceae; Helicia Lour.". The Queensland Flora (online, digitised, via archive.org). 4. Brisbane: Queensland Government. p. 1328. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. Bailey, Frederick M. (1913). "CXI. Proteaceae". Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants (online, digitised, via biodiversitylibrary.org). Brisbane: Queensland Government. p. 452, fig. 436 (on p. 449). Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. "Helicia nortoniana%". 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 6 December 2013.
  5. Foreman, Don B. (1984). "A review of the genus Helicia Lour. (Proteaceae) in Australia". Brunonia. 6 (1): 59–72. doi:10.1071/bru9830059.
  6. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Helicia nortoniana". 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 6 November 2013.
  7. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Helicia nortoniana (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 413. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  8. Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia nortoniana (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 398–399, map 450. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. Retrieved 6 December 2013.


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