Species profile—Atalaya collina
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Sapindaceae → Atalaya collina
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Scientific name
- Atalaya collina S.T.Reynolds
- WildNet taxon ID
- 9091
- Alternate name(s)
- Yarwun whitewood
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Atalaya collina is a small spreading tree to 5m tall, with light grey rough bark. Leaves are compound with one or two pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are glossy green in colour, paler green below and narrowly elliptic in shape, to 7cm long. Flowers are small, cream coloured, up to 8mm in diameter and form dense clusters. The fruit is single seeded with an expanded dry, papery wing, 2.5-4cm long and occurs in clusters of 2 or 3. (Harden et al. 2006; DEWHA 2008)
- Map
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- Distribution
- Atalaya collina is found in the Mt. Sugarloaf area near Gladstone and south near Nagoorin in central-eastern Queensland. (DEWHA 2008; Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -23.8734212, 151.0916666
-24.4147223, 151.2266667 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Atalaya collina occurs in semi-evergreen vine thicket or dry rainforest. Surface soils are moderately drained, brownish-black clay loams overlying clay subsoils. Both known populations occur in partially cleared highly disturbed areas. (DEWHA 2008)
- Threatening processes
- Increased exposure due to clearing of the surrounding habitat, grazing, and possible insect predation and fire impacts.
- Notes
- Contributors: Weslawa Misiak 16/09/1998; Ailsa Holland, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Barry, S.J. & Thomas, G.T. (1994). Threatened Vascular Rainforest Plants of South-east Queensland: A Conservation Review. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). Atalaya collina in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Accessed 23/09/2008. http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat
Harden. G., McDonald, B. and Williams, J. (2006). Rainforest trees and shrubs - a field guide to their identification. Gwen Harden Publishing, Nambucca Heads.
Herbrecs (2008). Atalaya collina, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 23/09/2008.
Reynolds, S.T. (1991). New Species and Changes in Sapindaceae from Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(3): 489-501. - 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=9091.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
