Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Rockinghamia brevipes Airy Shaw
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Female flowers. © CSIRO
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Fruit. © CSIRO
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
Family
Airy Shaw, H.K. (1976) Kew Bulletin 31: 389. Type: Mt. Bellenden-Ker, S. Peak .., lat. 17 15 S., long. 145 50 E., rain forest, alt. 1500m, 11 Oct. 1974, Hyland 7778; holo: K.
Common name
Rockinghamia, Short Stalk; Short Stalk Rockinghamia
Leaves
Leaf blades about 9-18 x 3.5-5 cm, clustered towards the end of the twigs in groups of 3-6 with sections of the twigs completely devoid of leaves and not showing any leaf scars. Midrib and lateral veins raised on the upper surface.
Flowers
Seedlings
Cotyledons +/- obovate or spathulate, about 12-15 mm long. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade narrowly elliptic, margin crenate, midrib raised on the upper surface; oil dots visible with a lens; stipules small, sparsely pubescent. Seed germination time 14 to 17 days.
Distribution and Ecology
RFK Code
920
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