''Xanthostemon graniticus'', commonly known as granite penda or mountain penda, is a species of plant in the family
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pÅhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...
, endemic to a very small part of northeastern
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. It is an
evergreen
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shrub or small tree growing up to high with brown, flaky bark and stiff, (corrugated) leaves. It inhabits open forests in the vicinity of
Mount Pieter Botte, in peaty soils beside creeks at altitudes between . It is the only species in the genus known to grow in
granitic
A granitoid is a broad term referring to a diverse group of coarse-grained igneous rocks that are widely distributed across the globe, covering a significant portion of the Earth's exposed surface and constituting a large part of the continental ...
soil. The species was first described by Australian botanist
Peter Gordon Wilson
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in 1990.
Conservation
This species is listed by the
Queensland Department of Environment and Science as
vulnerable. , it has not been assessed by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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(IUCN).
References
External links
View a mapof herbarium collections of this species at the
Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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graniticus
Endemic flora of Queensland
Taxa named by Peter Gordon Wilson
Plants described in 1990