Floydia praealta (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Floydia

Characteristics

Tree 20-30 m tall. Branchlets terete, sparsely ferruginous-pilose. Leaves with petiole 8-10 mm long; lamina linear or very narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, 7-30 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, obtuse to acute, glabrous; lateral veins 10-28 pairs, straight, then distinctly interarching near margin; venation densely reticulate, obvious on both surfaces. Conflorescence 7-20 cm long, ferruginous-tomentose; peduncle 2-4 mm long; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Tepals 12-17 mm long, cream, sparsely ferruginous-pilose; limb 3-4 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide. Anthers c. 2 mm long. Ovary minutely ferruginous-pubescent; pollen presenter 1.5-2.5 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide. Fruit 3-4.5 cm diam., brown; pericarp c. 5 mm thick.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Grows in coastal scrub.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

Floydia praealta unspecified picture

Distribution

Floydia praealta world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:703654-1
WFO ID wfo-0000691431
COL ID 6JB6H
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Synonyms

Helicia praealta Floydia praealta