Stenocarpus sinuatus

Stenocarpus sinuatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Stenocarpus
Species:
S. sinuatus
Binomial name
Stenocarpus sinuatus

Stenocarpus sinuatus, known as the firewheel tree, is an Australian rainforest tree in the family Proteaceae. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River (30° S) in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland. Stenocarpus sinuatus is widely planted as an ornamental tree in other parts of Australia and in different parts of the world.

Other common names include the white beefwood, Queensland firewheel tree, tulip flower, white oak and white silky oak.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Stenocarpus sinuatus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Endlicher, S.F.L. (1848), Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita Suppl. 4: 88