Xanthostemon graniticus Peter G.Wilson

ISOTYPE

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, EL - 2015

Project:Mellon

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P01902181

Sector

OCE (Oceania)

Collection

NSW

Taxonomy

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Xanthostemon

Species

Xanthostemon graniticus

Name

Xanthostemon graniticus Peter G.Wilson

Origin

Country label

Australia

Country ISO (code)

Australia (au)

Verbatim locality

Head of Roaring Meg Creek. Qld. Cook

Collector's name

M. Godwin

Collector's number

C 2826

Collection date

1985-3-2

Altitude

600

Geographic coordinates

16° 7' 0.012'' S ; 144° 24' 0'' E

-16.11667 ; 144.4

Description

Canopy tree. Leaves very tough and leathery, cupped [rugose], never flat. Wood very strong and fibrous. bark pale brown, fibrous; very slightly fissured.

Ecological note

Mossy araucarian notophyll vine forest in gully on granite mountains; often cloud-enveloped. Fibrous peaty soil over decomposate granite.

Determination

Wilson

01-1988