Stenocarpus Davallioides
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''Stenocarpus davallioides'', commonly known as the fern-leaved stenocarpus, is a species of flowering plant in the family
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and is
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to north Queensland. It is a tree with
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or
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adult leaves, groups of creamy-green flowers and narrow oblong follicles.


Description

''Stenocarpus davallioides'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to with a dbh of up to and some buttressing of the base. Young plants and
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regrowth have finely divided, fern-like leaves up to long on a petiole up to long. Adult leaves are mainly simple, lance-shaped and long on a petiole long, but some are intermediate, resembling the juvenile leaves. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils with up to fifteen flowers on a peduncle long, the individual flowers creamy-green and long, each on a pedicel long. Flowering mainly occurs in November and the fruit is a narrow oblong follicle up to long, containing up to eight winged seeds.


Taxonomy

''Stenocarpus davallioides'' was first formally described in 1988 by Donald Bruce Foreman and Bernard Hyland in the journal '' Muelleria'' from specimens collected by Hyland in 1975. '' Davallia'' is a species of fern and the suffix ''-oides'' means "like" or "resembling".


Distribution and habitat

Fern-leaved stenocarpus is native to northern Queensland, where it is found on Thornton Peak and Mount Lewis National Park, ranging from above sea level.


Use in horticulture

This species is rarely cultivated, but can grow in
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climates, though its frost tolerance is unknown.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18073909 Flora of Queensland davallioides Plants described in 1988 Taxa named by Bernard Hyland Taxa named by Don Foreman