Denhamia fasciculiflora
{{Short description |Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Orange bark
|image = Denhamia fasciculiflora 400509915.jpg
|image_caption = Immature fruit
|status =
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = {{R|IUCN}}
|taxon = Denhamia fasciculiflora
|authority = (Jessup) M.P.Simmons{{R|APNI|POWO}}
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|synonyms_ref = {{R|APNI|POWO}}
|synonyms = *Maytenus fasciculiflora {{small|Jessup}}
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Denhamia fasciculiflora, commonly known as orange bark, is a plant in the family Celastraceae found only in Queensland, Australia.
Description
It is a shrub or small tree up to {{cvt|8|m}} tall. The leaves are broadly elliptic and often arranged in pseudowhorls. They measure up to {{cvt|10|cm}} long and {{cvt|5|cm}} wide and have bluntly toothed edges. Flowers arise from the twigs or {{botanygloss|axil|leaf axils}} in short fascicles, and are very small with four or five {{cvt|2|mm|2}} long petals. The fruit is an almost spherical capsule about {{cvt|7|mm|2}} diameter, containing one or two aril-covered seeds.{{R|FOA|RFK}}
Taxonomy
The plant was first described in 1984 by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup as Maytenus fasciculiflora, and published in an appendix to volume 22 of the book series Flora of Australia.{{R|JESSUP}} In 2011, American botanist Mark P. Simmons published a paper in which the Australian species of Maytenus were transferred to Denhamia, giving this plant its current binomial name.{{R|SIMMONS}}
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in northeastern Queensland, from Cape York Peninsula to the Atherton Tablelands.{{R|FOA|RFK}}
Conservation
{{As of|2024|11}}, this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.{{R|IUCN|DESQLD}}
References
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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=34777 |title=Species profile—Denhamia fasciculiflora |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=25 November 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/236513 |title=Denhamia fasciculiflora |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=25 November 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77121246-1 |title=Denhamia fasciculiflora (Jessup) M.P.Simmons |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=25 November 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Denhamia_fasciculiflora.htm |title=Denhamia fasciculiflora |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=25 November 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Denhamia%20fasciculiflora |title=Denhamia fasciculiflora |last1=Jessup |first1=L.W. |year=2022 |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=P.G. |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=25 November 2024}}
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External links
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- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Denhamia+fasciculiflora#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=972727 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
- [https://flickriver.com/search/Denhamia+fasciculiflora View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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Category:Endemic flora of Queensland