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]

Brassiantha hedraiantheroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Brassiantha
Species:
B. hedraiantheroides
Binomial name
Brassiantha hedraiantheroides
A.J.Ford[1]

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]

References
  1. Simmons, Mark P.; McKenna, Miles J.; Bacon, Christine D.; Yakobson, Kendra; Cappa, Jennifer J.; Archer, Robert H.; Ford, Andrew J. (Jan 2012). "Phylogeny of Celastraceae tribe Euonymeae inferred from morphological characters and nuclear and plastid genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.022. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 22001302.
  2. "Brassiantha hedraiantheroides A.J.Ford". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Hedraianthera [entries]". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) database, IBIS database. Canberra: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
  4. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Hedraianthera sp. Mossman (V.K.Moriarty 2557) Qld Herbarium". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
  5. Bostock, P. D.; Holland, A. E., eds. (2010). Census of the Queensland Flora 2010. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Resource Management. p. 39. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.


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