Lepiderema pulchella

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Fine-leaved tuckeroo
Lepiderema pulchella in Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Lepiderema
Species:
L. pulchella
Binomial name
Lepiderema pulchella
Radlk.[1]
Flower detail
Fruit

Lepiderema pulchella, commonly known as fine-leaved tuckeroo,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to coastal eastern Australia. It is a tree with pinnate, glossy light green leaves with four to fourteen leaflets, panicles of yellow-orange flowers and brown, spherical to three-lobed fruit.

Description

Lepiderema pulchella is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is mostly

capsule 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in diameter containing dark brown seeds about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the fruit maturing in December.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Lepiderema pulchella was first formally described in 1907 by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachtr.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Fine-leaved tuckeroo grows on creek and river banks and at the edge of rainforest from far south-eastern Queensland to the Tweed River in New South Wales.[2][3]

Conservation status

This tuckeroo is classified as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Lepiderema pulchella". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Reynolds, Sally T. "Lepiderema pulchella Radlk". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Harden, Gwen J. "Lepiderema pulchella Radlk". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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  5. ^ "Lepiderema pulchella". APNI. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ Radlkofer, Ludwig A.T.; Krause, Kurt; Pilger, Robert K.F.; Prantl, Karl (1907). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten, insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten begründet. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. p. 206. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Species profile—Lepiderema pulchella (Sapindaceae)". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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