''Austromuellera'' is a genus of only two known species of medium-sized trees, constituting part of the plant 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 ...
.
[ They are both ]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 three restricted areas of the wet tropics rainforests of north-eastern Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.[ The genus was named in 1930 in honour of ]Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...
by Cyril T. White.[ They lie within the tribe ]Banksieae
The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the plant family Proteaceae. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it contains around 46 genus, genera and about 950 species. Genera include ''Banksia'', ''Grevillea'', and ''Macadamia''.
Descriptio ...
within the family Proteaceae, their closest relatives the genera ''Musgravea
''Musgravea'' is a genus of rainforest tree from north-eastern Queensland.
It was published in 1890 by Ferdinand von Mueller, and named in honour of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Queensland from 1883 to 1888. Together with its closest rel ...
'' and ''Banksia
''Banksia'' is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and fruiting "cones" and heads. ''Banksias'' range i ...
''.
Species
* ''Austromuellera trinervia
''Austromuellera trinervia'', commonly known as Mueller's silky oak, is a species of rainforest tree of the family Proteaceae from north-eastern Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
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'' , 1930[ (]type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
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* ''Austromuellera valida
''Austromuellera valida'' is a species of rainforest tree in the protea family that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia. It was first formally described by Bernard Hyland in 1999 in the series ''Flora of Australia
The flor ...
'' , 1999[
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References
Endemic flora of Queensland
Proteales of Australia
Proteaceae genera
Wet Tropics of Queensland
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