Wilkiea hugeliana

Veiny wilkiea
Wilkiea hugeliana at Macquarie Pass National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Wilkiea
Species:
W. hugeliana
Binomial name
Wilkiea hugeliana
Synonyms[1]
  • Mollinedia huegeliana F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Mollinedia hugeliana Tul.
  • Wilkiea calyptrocalyx F.Muell.
  • Wilkiea huegeliana S.W.L. Jacobs & J.Pickard
Fruiting Wilkiea hugeliana at Barrenjoey

Wilkiea hugeliana, commonly known as veiny wilkiea, common wilkiea or tetra beech,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tall shrub or small tree with egg-shaped, oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves, and male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers have 3 or 4 stamens and female flowers have 20 to 40 carpels, and the fruit is a blackish oval drupe with a yellow to orange receptacle.

  1. ^ a b "Wilkiea hugeliana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Wilkiea hugeliana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. ^ Whiffin, Trevor J.; Foreman, Donald B. "Wilkiea hugeliana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 14 May 2024.