Английская Википедия:Flindersia acuminata

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Flindersia acuminata, commonly known as silver silkwood, icewood, Putt's pine, Paddy King's beech or silver maple,[1] is a species of tree that has pinnate leaves with between six and ten egg-shaped to elliptic leaflets, creamy yellow flowers arranged in panicles, and fruit studded with short, rough points.

Description

Flindersia acuminata is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and usually has pale brown bark and with its young shoots covered with small star-shaped hairs. Its leaves are pinnate, arranged alternately with between six and ten egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets mostly Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on petiolules Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged in panicles Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers have five sepals about Шаблон:Cvt long and five creamy yellow petals about Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from November to January and the fruit is a woody capsule Шаблон:Cvt long studded with short, rough points, and separating into five at maturity, each section containing three winged seeds.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Flindersia acuminata was first formally described in 1919 by Cyril Tenison White in the Botany Bulletin of the Queensland Department of Agriculture.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Silver silkwood grows in rainforest at altitudes of Шаблон:Cvt from near Kuranda to Mission Beach in far north Queensland.[2][3]

Conservation status

Flindersia acuminata is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[1]

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