Species profile—Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens (southern corynocarpus)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Corynocarpaceae → Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens (southern corynocarpus)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Corynocarpaceae
- Scientific name
- Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens Guymer
- Common name
- southern corynocarpus
- WildNet taxon ID
- 9895
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Short Notes
- BRI 332451 (Holotype), 332452 (Isotype), status annotated by author
- Description
- Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens is a tall shrub or small tree growing to 12 m. The leaves are glossy, leathery, and 9 to 14 cm long by 4 to 6 cm wide, with entire margins, but can be spiny in the juveniles. The base is decurrent, there are 8 to 11 pairs of lateral veins. The inflorescence is 4 to 5 cm long, the flowers are on pedicels that are 3 to 5 mm long. The sepals are ovate, 3 to 4 mm long. The petals are oblong-spathulate, minutely fimbriate at the apex, 3 to 3.5 mm long and are white in colour. The staminodes are oblong, denticulate at the apex, 2 to 2.5 mm long by about 1 mm wide (Guymer, 1984). The fruit is red and is 1 cm in diameter with a point at one end (Harden, 2008).
Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens differs from Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. rupestris by the shorter inflorescence 4 to 5 cm long (versus 10 to 21 cm long), longer sepals, (3 to 4 mm long (versus 2 to 2.2 mm long), and the longer petals 3 to 3.5 mm long (versus 2.4 to 2.8 mm long) (Guymer, 1984). - Map
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- Distribution
- Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens has been recorded from Deep Creek, 10 km north of Coalstoun Lakes; Kin Kin area; near Cooran (Sunshine Coast); Mount Stradbroke; Mount French; and in and around Natural Bridge National Park. The species has been recorded from Lamington National Park, Mount Walsh National Park, Springbrook National Park, Triunia National Park and Upper Mooloolah Nature Reserve (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
- Distributional limits
- -25.4746951, 151.9052795
-28.2234006, 153.2427366 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens is found in Araucarian notophyll vineforest often on red basaltic slopes (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
- Reproduction
- Flowering of Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens has been recorded from October to November and fruiting in January (Queensland Herbarium, 2012).
- Threatening processes
- Identified threats to Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens include clearing of vegetation (resulting in habitat fragmentation of habitat), weeds (lantana and green panic) and inappropriate grazing regimes (DERM, 2010a; DERM, 2010b).
- Status notes
- Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. arborescens is listed as Vulnerable under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.
- Management documents
- Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) (2010a), Burnett Mary Natural Resource Management Region Back on Track Actions for Biodiversity, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane.
Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) (2010b), South East Queensland Natural Resource Management Region Back on Track Actions for Biodiversity, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane. - Management recommendations
- Management recommendations are outlined in DERM (2010a) and DERM (2010b).
- Notes
- Occurs in the following Queensland pastoral districts: Moreton, Wide Bay.
- References
- Guymer, G.P. (1984). Flora of Australia 22: 215, 223.
Harden, G.J. (Ed.) (2002). Flora of New South Wales, Volume Three, University of NSW Press, Kensington, NSW.
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) (2010a). Burnett Mary Natural Resource Management Region Back on Track Actions for Biodiversity. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane.
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) (2010b). South East Queensland Natural Resource Management Region Back on Track Actions for Biodiversity. Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane.
Queensland Herbarium (2012). Specimen label information. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 19/01/2012. - Profile author
- Ronald Booth (22/06/2012)
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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=9895.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
