Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Endiandra |
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| Subspecies: | E. m. subsp. bracteata
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| Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata | |
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Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata, is a rare[1] rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Listed as endangered by extinction. It is a subspecies of the tree known as green-leaved rose walnut, or Mueller's walnut, Endiandra muelleri. It occurs from Maclean, New South Wales to Mackay, Queensland,[2] usually in sub tropical rainforest at the lower altitudes.
If differs from the autonym Endiandra muelleri subsp. muelleri in several respects, mostly regarding small hairs:
- twigs have crooked or twisted hairs, (as well as straight) hairs
- twig hairs can be upright (as well as flat)
- the outer envelope of the flower is hairless (the perianth)
- small branchlets and the lower leaf veins are rusty red with hairs
- leaf domatia or hairy tufts usually absent
References
[edit]- ^ "Endiandra muelleri bracteata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-06-11.