Hollandaea porphyrocarpa

Hollandaea porphyrocarpa is a small species of Australian rainforest trees in the plant family Proteaceae.[1][3][4][5]

Hollandaea porphyrocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hollandaea
Species:
H. porphyrocarpa
Binomial name
Hollandaea porphyrocarpa
A.J.Ford & P.H.Weston[1][2][3]
Synonyms[1][3][4][5]
  • Hollandaea sp. (Pinnacle Rock Track)
  • Hollandaea sp. Pinnacle Rock Track (P.I.Forster+ PIF10714) Qld Herbarium

They are endemic to restricted areas of the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region of northeastern Queensland.[1][5]

Hollandaea porphyrocarpa was recognised by botanical science only as recently as the 1990s and formally scientifically described in 2012 by botanists Andrew Ford and Peter Weston.[1][2][3][5] Around the early 1990s the trees were recognised only in a restricted area in the mountains west and north west of Mossman, Queensland.[1] They may grow naturally only in the restricted mountains areas reported, further field work will clarify this.[1][4]

The authorities of this species 2012 naming, Andrew Ford and Peter Weston, recommend for the very restricted and small known population of these trees, the conservation status of vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria, "under categories VU, D1 and D2".[1]

References
  1. Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (4): 670–687.
  2. Bostock, Peter D.; Holland, Ailsa E., eds. (16 August 2013). "Hollandaea [8784–8788]". 2013 Census of the Queensland Flora. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. "Hollandaea%". 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 1 January 2014.
  4. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (December 2010). "Factsheet – Hollandaea sp. Pinnacle Rock Track (P.I.Forster PIF10714) [Ford & Weston (2012) described as H. porphyrocarpa]". 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 1 January 2014.
  5. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Hollandaea sp. (Pinnacle Rock Track)". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 415. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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