''Hicksbeachia pilosa'' is a small tree in the family Proteaceae. This rare species is

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to the rainforests of the wet tropics region of northeastern

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, Australia. It was first described in 1988 by Australian botanist

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, after a collection by Garry Sankowsky and Peter Hind in 1986 at Bobbin Bobbin Falls in North Queensland. Its specific name is the

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adjective ''pilosus'' "hairy". ''Hicksbeachia pilosa'' is found in rainforest from the Big Tableland to the Cardwell Range in northeastern Queensland.

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Proteaceae Proteales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland {{tree-stub