Hakea ivoryi
{{short description|Species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae endemic to Queensland and New South Wales}}
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|authority = F.M.Bailey{{cite web |title=Hakea ivory |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/84788 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=31 December 2019}}
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Hakea ivoryi , commonly known as Ivory's hakea,{{cite web|url=http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/p00108v6.pdf
|work=The Forest Flora of New South Wales|volume=6|title=No. 185: Hakea ivoryi Bailey. Ivory's Hakea.|access-date=24 June 2016|year=1999|publisher=University of Sydney}} corkwood or the corkbark tree,{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn%3Alsid%3Abiodiversity.org.au%3Aapni.taxon%3A293704|title=Hakea ivoryi F.M.Bailey Corkbark Tree|access-date=24 June 2016|work=The Atlas of Living Australia|publisher= Global Biodiversity Information Facility}} is a shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the South West region of Queensland and the north west of New South Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Hakea/key/Australian%20Hakea%20species/Media/Html/Hakea_ivoryi.htm|title=Hakea ivoryi factsheet|access-date=24 June 2016|publisher=Government of South Australia}}
Description
Hakea ivoryi is shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of {{convert|2|to|12|m|ft|0}} with white flat silky hairs becoming smooth along branchlets and forms a lignotuber. It has simple needle-like leaves {{convert|3|to|18|cm|0}} long with silky hairs becoming hairless with age. Young trees often have highly divided segmented leaves. The bark is brown, rough and corky.
The inflorescence consists of 20–50 white-cream flowers on a short stem and appear in leaf axils from October to January. The fruit are smooth, egg-shaped {{convert|25-35|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|10-15|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide ending with a short beak.{{cite web|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=|title=Hakea ivoryi F.M.Bailey |access-date=24 June 2016|work=PlantNET|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney}}
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea ivoryi was first formally described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1901 as part of the work The Queensland Flora and the description was published in The Queensland Flora.{{cite web |title=The Queensland Flora |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210777#page/360/mode/1up |website=Biodiversity Heritage Library |access-date=31 December 2019}} Hakea ivoryi was named after William Ivory who collected specimens for Frederick Bailey.{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2900078|title=Hakea ivoryi F.M.Bailey|access-date=25 October 2018|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}
Distribution and habitat
Scattered or growing in small groups on sand plains or loam in open arid woodland in the Bourke-Wanaaring districts and south-western Queensland.