''Stenocarpus angustifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, groups of creamy white flowers and cylindrical follicles.

Description

''Stenocarpus angustifolius'' is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of and has minutely hairy young branchlets that soon become

glabrous Glabrousness (from the Latin ''glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...

. The adult leaves are narrow lance-shaped, long and up to wide on a petiole up to long. Juvenile leaves are deeply divided with narrow linear lobes. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils with 12 to 20 flowers on a peduncle long, the individual flowers creamy-white and up to long, each on a

pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures ...

up to long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a cylindrical follicle up to long, containing winged seeds long.

Taxonomy

''Stenocarpus angustifolius'' was first formally described in 1919 by

Cyril Tenison White Cyril Tenison ("C.T.") White (17 August 1890 – 15 August 1950) was an Australian botanist. Early life White was born in Brisbane to Henry White, a trade broker, and Louisa ''nee'' Bailey. He attended school at South Brisbane State School, an ...

in the ''Botany Bulletin'' of the Department of Agriculture, Queensland from specimens collected near Stannary Hills by

Thomas Lane Bancroft Thomas Lane Bancroft (1860–1933) was an Australian medical naturalist. Based in Queensland, he is known for his research on mosquito-borne diseases such as filariasis, the lifecyle of the Australian lungfish, and new crop varieties. Early li ...

. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''angustifolius'') means "narrow-leaved".

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in woodland and near watercourses in the ranges between

Mingela Mingela is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (). Prior to 16 March 1931, it was known as Ravenswood Ju ...

and the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tina ...

in north Queensland.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18073670 Flora of Queensland angustifolius Plants described in 1919 Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White