Brassiantha hedraiantheroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Brassiantha |
Species: | B. hedraiantheroides
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Binomial name | |
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides |
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides is a species of Australian understory shrubs or small trees, constituting part of the plant family Celastraceae. [1] [2] In 2012 botanist Andrew J. Ford formally scientifically named and described them as the first recognised Australian species of the genus Brassiantha. [1] Previously several publications provided informal scientific descriptions of this species under the provisional names " Hedraianthera sp. Mossman (V.K.Moriarty 2557) Qld Herbarium" or "Hedraianthera sp. Mossman". [1] [3] [4] [5]
They are endemic to a restricted area of the wet tropics rainforests of north eastern Queensland, Australia. [4] They grow as understory shrubs or small trees in rainforests and sclerophyll forests from near sea level to about 600 m (2,000 ft) altitude. [4]