Eucryphia moorei
Eucryphia moorei, commonly known as pinkwood, plumwood, or eastern leatherwood is a tree found in southeastern New South Wales, Australia.[1][2] It also occurs just over the border at the Howe Range in Victoria. Pinkwood is the dominant tree species of cool-temperate rainforests of southeastern NSW.[1] Young plants often grow as hemiepiphytes.
| Eucryphia moorei | |
|---|---|
| Pinkwood at Gulaga Mountain summit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Eucryphia |
| Species: | E. moorei |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucryphia moorei F.Muell. | |
Description edit
Eucryphia moorei can grow to 30 metres in height.[1] Leaves are pinnate, mostly 5–15 cm long, with usually 5–13 leaflets but they are often reduced to 3 on flowering branches. Leaflets are oblong, 1–7 cm long, mostly 5–15 mm wide, margins are entire, lamina is leathery, upper surface is dark green and ± glabrous, lower surface is white-tomentose; petiole is 10–30 mm long; lateral leaflets are sessile.
Gallery edit
- Eucryphia moorei, Monga National Park
- Eucryphia moorei, Monga National Park
- Eucryphia moorei, Monga National Park
References edit
- ^ a b c Floyd, A. 1990: Australian Rainforests in New South Wales, Volume 1. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd, Chipping Norton, NSW.
- ^ Harden, G. J. (2001). "Eucryphia moorei – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.