Species profile—Eucryphia wilkiei (Wilkie's leatherwood)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cunoniaceae → Eucryphia wilkiei (Wilkie's leatherwood)

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Species details

Kingdom

Plantae (plants)

Class

Equisetopsida (land plants)

Family

Cunoniaceae

Scientific name

Eucryphia wilkiei B.Hyland

Common name

Wilkie's leatherwood

WildNet taxon ID

18195

Alternate name(s)

eucryphia

Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status

CR

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status

Vulnerable

Conservation significant

Yes

Confidential

No

Endemicity

Native

Pest status

Nil

Short Notes

dup-Wilkie-no number-Bartle Frere-Isotype

Description

Eucryphia wilkiei is a shrub growing 3-4m tall and has a dense rounded crown. The leaves are arranged opposite along the stems and are either in one piece or composed of 2-3 leaflets (rarely 5), on stalks 5mm long. The leaves are elliptic-oblong to lance-shaped, 19-43mm long and 3-12mm wide. Young leaves are covered in silky hairs. Mature leaves are glossy green above with a depressed mid-vein and the venation on the underside is distinctly visible.
The flowers grow on stalks to 10mm long, arising from where a leaf joins the stem. The flowers have four broadly ovate-shaped petals, each is 12-15mm long with a round tip. The outer parts surrounding the base of the flower are overlapping, the outer two sepals densely woolly. The woody seed capsules are about 10mm long and have 7-9 valves which are hairy on the back. The seeds are shiny dark brown and 3.5mm long by 1.5mm wide. (Forster & Hyland 1997; DEWHA 2008)

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Distribution

Eucryphia wilkiei is only found at Mount Bartle Frere in north-eastern Queensland. (DEWHA 2008; Herbrecs 2008)

Distributional limits

-17.4031868, 145.8216595
-17.4034534, 145.8219315

Range derivation

Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records

Habitat

Eucryphia wilkiei grows among large granite boulders in microphyll vine thicket, at altitudes of 1200-1400m above sea level. (DEWHA 2008)

Notes

Contributors: Ailsa Holland, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009

References

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). Eucryphia wilkiei in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Accessed 30/09/2008. http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat
Forster, P.I. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1997). Two new species of Eucryphia Cav. (Cunoniaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 4(4): 590-592.
Herbrecs (2008). Eucryphia wilkiei, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 30/09/2008.

Profile author

Ailsa Holland (27/01/2009)

Other resources

• Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
• Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18195.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.