Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Elaeocarpus hylobroma
Elaeocarpaceae Juss.
Elaeocarpus hylobroma Y.Baba & Crayn , legitimate, scientific
Baba, Y. & Crayn, D.M. (27 June 2012), Elaeocarpus hylobroma (Elaeocarpaceae): a new species endemic to mountain tops in north-east Queensland, Australia. Kew Bulletin 67: 744-749, Fig. 1, 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Australia, Queensland, Dinden Forest Reserve, Kahlpahlim Rock area near tower, E of Mareeba. [Lamb Range, Dinden National Park], 1290 m, 12 Nov. 2004, Ford, Jensen & Cooper 4483 (holotype CNS!; isotypes to be distributed to BO!, BRI!, CANB!, E!, K!, KEP!, KYO!, L!, LAE!, MEL!, MO!, NSW!, P!).
taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. nov. 1 [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (Mossman Bluff D.G.Fell DF1666) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (Mossman Bluff) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. 'Mossman Bluff' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. MB [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet derives from the Greek hylo- (forest) and bromo (food). The name refers to the seed containing rich endosperm that is available as a food source for forest animals. We observed almost all fallen stones to have been gnawed through to the locule and the seed missing, suggesting seed predation by ground feeding animals, presumably native rodents."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. nov. 1 [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (= KS/6) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (Mossman Bluff DF1666) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (Mossman Bluff D.G.Fell DF1666) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (KS/6) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. (Mossman Bluff) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. 'Mossman Bluff' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. Mossman Bluff (D.G.Fell 1666) Qld Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Elaeocarpus sp. MB [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld