Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata

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.

Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata
Foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Endiandra
Species:	E. muelleri
Subspecies:	E. m. subsp. bracteata
Trinomial name
Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata B.Hyland
Synonyms
Endiandra muelleri Meisn.

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

1. "Endiandra muelleri bracteata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
2. Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 0-958943-67-2. Retrieved 2010-06-11.