Английская Википедия:Acronychia acronychioides

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Acronychia acronychioides, commonly known as white aspen,[1] is a species of small to medium-sized rainforest tree that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has trifoliate leaves with elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets on stems that are more or less cylindrical, creamy yellow flowers in large groups in leaf axils and fleshy, pear-shaped or spherical fruit.

Description

Acronychia acronychioides is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has more or less cylindrical stems. The leaves are usually trifoliate on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaflets are elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiolule up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged in large groups Шаблон:Cvt long in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The four sepals are Шаблон:Cvt wide, the four petals Шаблон:Cvt long and the eight stamens alternate in length. Flowering occurs from April to May and the fruit is a fleshy, pear-shaped to spherical drupe Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy

White aspen was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Euodia acronychioides and published the description in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[3][4] In 1974, Thomas Gordon Hartley changed the name to Acronychia acronychioides in the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

This tree grows as an understorey tree in well-developed rainforest between the Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park in Cape York Peninsula to the Eungella Range in central eastern Queensland, at altitudes from sea level Шаблон:Cvt.[1][2]

Conservation status

White aspen is classified as least concern under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]

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