Английская Википедия:Elaeocarpus kirtonii
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Elaeocarpus kirtonii, commonly known as silver quandong, white quandong, brown hearted quandong, brownheart, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, white beech or whitewood,[1] is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a large rainforest tree with buttress roots, regularly toothed, narrow elliptic to narrow oblong leaves, racemes of white flowers and pale blue, oval fruits.
Description
Elaeocarpus kirtonii is a large and often dominant tree, typically growing to a height of Шаблон:Cvt with a diameter of about Шаблон:Cvt, but sometimes to Шаблон:Cvt and Шаблон:Cvt diameter. There are buttress roots to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and the outer bark is silvery grey and thin, with small pustules. New growth is salmon-pink, the leaves clustered near the ends of the branchlets, narrow elliptic to narrow oblong, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves are dull green with prominent veins, regularly spaced teeth on the edges and turn red before falling. The flowers are arranged along racemes mostly Шаблон:Cvt long with between fifteen and twenty sweet-scented flowers, each on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The five sepals are very narrow egg-shaped to triangular, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The five petals are white, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with about twenty-four linear lobes at the tip. There are between twenty-five and thirty stamens. Flowering occurs from January to March and the fruit is a pale blue, oval drupe Шаблон:Cvt long, maturing from October to January and containing a hard, sculptured stone.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
Elaeocarpus kirtonii was first formally described in 1886 by Frederick Manson Bailey in A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora, from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller.[4][5] The specific epithet (kirtonii) honours W. Kirton, who collected samples of the tree at Bulli in 1885 for Ferdinand von Mueller.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Silver quandong grows from near Milton (35° S) in New South Wales to Eungella National Park (20° S) in tropical Queensland. It grows in tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperate rainforests but is often also seen in cooler and moister sites on volcanic soils and on the richer alluvial soils.[3]
Ecology
The fruit of E. kirtonii is eaten by a large variety of rainforest birds.[3]
Conservation status
This quandong is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]
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