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Brisbane Native Plants
The greater Brisbane area of Queensland Australia, has many species of indigenous flora. This article links the flora to its geography with: *a list of indigenous genera and species with common names and reference links *a list of places you might see the plants around Brisbane, in parks and in the wild *reference resources Plants The list is organised in alphabetic order by genera; then species scientific name and common names; then external links documenting that species. A *''Acacia'', wattles **'' Acacia fimbriata'', Brisbane golden wattle **''Acacia leiocalyx'', black wattle *''Acmena'', lillypilly **'' Acmena smithii'', lillypilly *''Acronychia'', aspens **''Acronychia laevis'', glossy acronychia **''Acronychia pauciflora'', soft acronychia *''Adiantum'' **'' Adiantum aethiopicum'', common maidenhair fern **'' Adiantum hispidulum'', rough maidenhair fern *''Ailanthus'' **'' Ailanthus triphysa'', white bean *''Alchornea'' **'' Alchornea ilicifolia'', native holly * ''Alect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alchornea
''Alchornea'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, South Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that ''Bocquillonia'' from New Caledonia is nested in ''Alchornea''.Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(Aparisthmium Cleidion Cnesmone Discocleidion Discoglypremna Necepsia Neoscortechinia Orfilea Sampantaea Trigonostemon ''Trigonostemon'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its tribe (Trigonostemoneae). It was first described as a genus in 1826. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angophora Subvelutina
''Angophora subvelutina'', commonly known as the broad-leaved apple, is a species of tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptical adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white or creamy white flowers and ribbed, cup-shaped fruit. Description ''Angophora subvelutina'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous or flaky, greyish bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, egg-shaped to elliptical or lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide arranged in opposite pairs with a stem-clasping base. Adult leaves are also arranged in opposite pairs, paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptical, long and wide with a stem-clasping base. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle long, each branch of the peduncle with three or seven buds on pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angophora
''Angophora'' is a genus of nine species of trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to eastern Australia, they differ from other eucalypts in having juvenile and adult leaves arranged in opposite pairs, sepals reduced to projections on the edge of the floral cup, four or five overlapping, more or less round petals, and a papery or thin, woody, often strongly ribbed capsule. Species are found between the Atherton Tableland in Queensland and south through New South Wales to eastern Victoria, Australia. Description Plants in the genus ''Angophora'' are trees, occasionally shrubs, with rough bark except for '' A. costata''. The juvenile leaves differ from adult leaves in being hairy with raised oil glands. Both juvenile and adult leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, the adult leaves usually glabrous and paler on the lower surface. The flower buds are arranged in groups of three or seven. The flower has four or five small sepals, reduced to small projections on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyxia Ruscifolia
''Alyxia ruscifolia'', commonly known as the chainfruit or prickly alyxia, is a shrub of high rainfall areas in eastern Australia. The natural range of distribution is from Wollongong in New South Wales to the Wet Tropics and further north to New Guinea. It can be seen in a variety of different situations. Such as the sub tropical Lord Howe Island, surrounded by the ocean, or the tropical rainforest understorey at Kuranda, Queensland, Kuranda in Queensland. Or the exposed rocky cliffs on the Mount Royal Range in New South Wales, where it is subject to high winds and snow. The habitat is many types of rainforests from sea level to 1200 metres, sometimes also seen in sclerophyll forests. Description Usually around two metres tall, sometimes larger. Leaves in Whorl (botany), whorls, narrow lanceolate to broad lanceolate in shape, 1 to 6 cm long. Thick, leathery and glossy with a pointed tip. Leaves usually not toothed, lateral veins obvious. The leaf stem is between 1 and 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyxia
''Alyxia'' is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but ''Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of further study. It consists of shrubby, climbing or scrambling plants. This genus occurs in China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Caledonia and the Pacific Islands. There are 14 species in Australia, 21 in New Caledonia and 7 in the other Pacific Islands, including Hawaii.Middleton (2000, 2001) The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three to seven. There are colleters (groups or tufts of mucilaginous secretory hairs) present in the leaf axils. The inflorescence is axillary or terminal with solitary flowers or simple cymes. Flowers consist of five petals and five sepals. The flowers have a slender tube which expands abruptly. The stamens have short filaments and are inserted in the upper half of the corolla. The fruit is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia Caerulea
''Alpinia caerulea'', commonly known as native ginger or in the case of the subspecies from the Atherton Tableland red back ginger, is an understorey perennial herb to 3 m, growing under rainforest, gallery forest and wet sclerophyll forest canopy in eastern Australia. Leaves are up to 40 cm long and 3–10 cm wide. The inflorescence is 10–30 cm long.PlantNETAlpinia caerulea plant profile/ref> The blue capsule is globose 1 cm across, with a brittle outer covering containing black seed and white pulp. Uses The white pulp of native ginger has a sour flavour, used to activate salivary glands to moisten the mouth when bushwalking, with the seeds usually being discarded. The capsules can also be used as a flavouring spice, using the whole fruit and seed dried and ground. They can also be used to impart a sour flavour and red color in herbal teas. The centers of new shoots have mild gingery flavour, and are excellent in various dishes as a ginger substitute. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpinia
''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates.''Alpinia''. Flora of China. Several species are cultivated as s.''Alpinia''. Flora of North America. Species of the genus are known generally as shell ginger. Description These herbs lack t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphitonia Excelsa
''Alphitonia excelsa'', commonly known as the red ash or soap tree, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Australia, being found in New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and the northeastern tip of Western Australia. It is used in bush regeneration as a pioneer species and for amenity planting. Taxonomy and naming ''Alphitonia excelsa'' was first described by Eduard Fenzl and reclassified by George Bentham. One of 20 species of the genus ''Alphitonia'' in Australia and the Pacific Islands, its specific epithet is derived from the Latin ''excelsus'' 'tall'. Other common names include Red Almond,de Beuzeville, p. 110 Silver Leaf, Leatherjacket, White Leaf, White Myrtle, Sarsaparilla Tree, and Coopers Wood. Description This tree reaches a height of , by across. The Red Ash has a spreading shade-producing habit when a larger tree with an overall greyish green appearance. The alternate leaves measure in length and wide and are dark gloss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphitonia
''Alphitonia'' is a genus of arborescent flowering plants comprising about 20 species, constituting part of the buckthorn family ( Rhamnaceae). They occur in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Oceania and Polynesia. These are large trees or shrubs. In Australia, they are often called "ash trees" or "sarsaparilla trees". This is rather misleading however; among the flowering plants, ''Alphitonia'' is not closely related to the true ash trees ('' Fraxinus'' of the asterids), and barely at all to the monocot sarsaparilla vines (''Smilax''). The name is derived from Greek ''álphiton'' (, "barley-meal"), from the mealy quality of their fruits' mesocarps.. Another interpretation is that "baked barley meal" alludes to the mealy red covering around the hard cells in the fruit.Alexander Floyd, ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', Inkata Press 2008, page 322 The lanceolate coriaceous leaves are alternate, about 12 cm long. The margins are smooth. Venation is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alocasia Brisbanensis
''Alocasia brisbanensis'', commonly known as cunjevoi or spoon lily, is a species of plant in the family Araceae native to rainforests of eastern Australia. The common name "cunjevoi" derives from the Bundjalung language of northern New South Wales. Description ''Alocasia brisbanensis'' has very large, spade-shaped leaves on long, fleshy petioles, and grows to a height of . The perfumed, summer flowers are greenish-cream in colour, and similar to an arum lily. Red fruits follow the flowering. The plant is poisonous, and contact with the sap can lead to skin and eye irritation due to the presence of needle-like crystals of Calcium oxalate. Eating any part of the plant causes immediate pain, a burning sensation and swelling of the lips, tongue and mouth. A small number of children have died as a result of eating parts of the plant. Image:Alocasia brisbanensis.JPG, ''Alocasia brisbanensis'' (cunjevoi) growing at Dorrigo National Park, Australia Image:Alocasia brisbanensis Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alocasia
''Alocasia'' is a genus of rhizomatous or tuberous, broad-leaved, perennial, flowering plants from the family Araceae. There are about 90 accepted species native to tropical and subtropical Asia and eastern Australia. Around the world, many growers widely cultivate a range of hybrids and cultivars as ornamentals. Description The large, cordate or sagittate leaves grow to a length of on long petioles. Their araceous flowers grow at the end of a short stalk, but are not conspicuous; often hidden behind the leaf petioles. The corms of some species can be processed to make them edible, however, the raw plants contain raphid or raphide crystals of calcium oxalate along with other irritants (possibly including proteases) that can numb and swell the tongue and pharynx. This can cause difficulty breathing and sharp pain in the throat. Lower parts of the plant contain the highest concentrations of the poison. Prolonged boiling before serving or processing may reduce risk of adverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
