Placospermum

Placospermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Persoonioideae
Tribe: Placospermeae
Genus: Placospermum
C.T.White & W.D.Francis
Species:
P. coriaceum
Binomial name
Placospermum coriaceum
C.T.White & W.D.Francis

Placospermum is a genus of a single species of large trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][2] The species Placospermum coriaceum is endemic to the rainforests of the wet tropics region of northeastern Queensland, Australia.[2][3][4] Common names include rose silky oak and plate-seeded oak.[4]

  1. ^ "Placospermum". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b White, Cyril T.; Francis, William D. (1924). "Contributions to the Queensland Flora No. 2: Placospermum" (digitised, online, incl. p. 81 illustr.). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland for 1923. 35: 79–81.
  3. ^ "Placospermum coriaceum". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  4. ^ a b F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Placospermum coriaceum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 5 March 2021.