''Elaeocarpus michaelii'' is species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to Queensland. It was first given the name ''Elaeocarpus longipetiolatus'' in 1919 by

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in The ''Botany Bulletin'' of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, but the name was

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. In 1933, White changed the name to ''Elaeocarpus michaelii'' in the '' Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew''. The

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honours th
Reverend Norman Michael
who collected the type specimens.

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regards the name ''E. michaelii'' as a

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of '' E. culminicola''. ''Elaeocarpus michaelii'' is endemic to Queensland. This quandong is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government ''

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''.

References

michaelii Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1919 Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White {{Oxalidales-stub