''Ceratopetalum succirubrum'' is a species of
plant
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in the family
Cunoniaceae. It is found in
Australia
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,
West Papua (
Indonesia
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), and
Papua New Guinea
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. It is threatened by
habitat loss
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. First collected by botanists at
Gadgarra on the
Atherton Tableland
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the B ...
.
''Ceratopetalum succirubrum'' is also known as satin sycamore, blood-in-the-bark and North Queensland coachwood.
[http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/satin-sycamore Satin sycamore, also known as Ceratopetalum succirubrum]
References
succirubrum
Oxalidales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Flora of Papua New Guinea
Flora of Western New Guinea
Vulnerable flora of Australia
Vulnerable biota of Queensland
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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