Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Brombya platynema F.Muell.
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Flowers, mostly aged. © Barry Jago
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Flowers. © G. Sankowsky
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Leaves and flowers. © G. Sankowsky
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
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Leaves and Flowers. © CSIRO
Family
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5: 4. Type: In monte Baldhills tractus Seaview Range sinus Rockingham Bay. Dallachy.
Common name
Brombya
Stem
Seldom grows beyond 30 cm dbh.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Distribution and Ecology
Endemic to NEQ, widespread throughout the area. Altitudinal range from sea level to 1100 m. Grows as an understory tree in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites.
Synonyms
Melicope platynema (F.Muell.) Engl., Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3(4): 122(1896).
RFK Code
177
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