''Ungeria'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Malvaceae. It just contains one species, ''Ungeria floribunda''
Schott & Endl. It is also in the
Helicteroideae subfamily and Helictereae tribe.
Its native range is
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...
(in the
Pacific Ocean near Australia).
It is found in Mount Pitt Nature Reserve (part of
Norfolk Island National Park
Norfolk Island National Park is a protected area of located at in the South Pacific Ocean, about off the East coast of Australia. The park’s area includes the Mount Pitt section on the namesake Norfolk Island with an area of / , as well a ...
).
[Peter Coyne ]
Description
It is a tree that can grow up to tall.
It has leaves which are broadly elliptic or obovate and
evergreen.
[Australian Government Pub. Service, 1982 ] The leaf blades are about long and wide.
[ It has deep pink flowers.][ The flowers each have five deep pink petals long and it thought to be pollinated by birds. The fruits are 5 lobed and star-shapped in cross-section.][
Moths of '' Austrocarea iocephala'' subspecies ''millsi'' can be found on the tree.
It is related (dna wise) to the ]Durian
The durian (, ) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus ''Durio''. There are 30 recognised ''Durio'' species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. ''Durio zibethinus'', native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the onl ...
.[
]
Taxonomy
It has the common name of 'Bastard Oak', (due to the inferior quality of the timber,[) was listed as ]Vulnerable
Vulnerable may refer to:
General
* Vulnerability
* Vulnerability (computing)
* Vulnerable adult
* Vulnerable species
Music
Albums
* ''Vulnerable'' (Marvin Gaye album), 1997
* ''Vulnerable'' (Tricky album), 2003
* ''Vulnerable'' (The Used album) ...
in 2003 on Norfolk Island. 502 plants were counted in 2003.[
The genus name of ''Ungeria'' is in honour of ]Franz Unger
Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (30 November 1800 in ''Gut Amthof'' near village Leutschach in Styria, Austria – 13 February 1870 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist.
Life and work
Initially, Ung ...
(1800–1870), an Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist
Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology (structure of plants), plant ecology (interactions with the environment), phytochemistry (bio ...
. The Latin 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 ...
of ''floribunda'' means "many-flowering", (such as Floribunda).Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with ext ...
, but they do not list any known species.[
]
Culture
On 14 January 2020, an image of ''Ungeria floribunda'' was used on a postage stamp for Australia, one of two 'Norfolk Island Early Botanical Art' stamps.[
]
References
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Helicteroideae
Monotypic Malvales genera
Plants described in 1832
Flora of Norfolk Island