Orites excelsus
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| Pricky Ash in the understorey of a tall Antarctic Beech rainforest at Willi Willi National Park, Australia | |
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| Species: | O. excelsa
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Orites fragrans F.M.Bailey | |
Orites excelsus is a rainforest tree of northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Known colloquially as the prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, it is a member of the genus Orites within the family Proteaceae.
Orites excelsus grows to 30 m (100 ft) high
The botanist Robert Brown described Orites excelsa in 1830, after it was collected by Charles Fraser near the Hastings River in 1818. Common names include mountain silky oak, southern silky oak, prickly ash, and white beefwood.[1] Frederick Manson Bailey described Orites fragrans from Mounts Bellenden-Ker and Bartle Frere which turned out to be this species.[2] The species name has been revised from excelsa to excelsus.[3]
Orites excelsus is found in cool mountain rainforests from Barrington Tops north to the Queensland border in New South Wales, and from Mounts Bellenden-Ker and Bartle Frere in north Queensland. It is associated with yellow carabeen (Sloanea woollsii).[4]
References
- ^ "Orites excelsus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Orites fragrans". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Banksia audax". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ Boland, Douglas J.; Brooker, M. I. H.; Chippendale, G. M.; McDonald, Maurice William (2006). Forest trees of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 0-643-06969-0.
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