Melicope fellii
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| authority = T.G.Hartley{{cite web |title=Melicope fellii |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/162608|publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate= 26 July 2020}}
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Melicope fellii is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It has trifoliate leaves and pink flowers borne in short panicles in leaf axils.
Description
Melicope fellii is a tree that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|10–28|mm}}. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and trifoliate on a petiole {{cvt|25–65|mm}} long. The leaflets are egg-shaped to elliptical, {{cvt|65–135|mm}} long and {{cvt|35–55|mm}} wide. The flowers are arranged in panicles {{cvt|20–35|mm}} long in leaf axils. The flowers are bisexual, the sepals about {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long and fused at the base, the petals pink, about {{cvt|3.5|mm}} long and there are four stamens. Flowering has been recorded in July and the fruit consists of four follicles {{cvt|8–10|mm}} long and fused at the base.{{cite book |last1=Hartley |first1=Thomas G. |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Annette J.G. |title=Flora of Australia (Volume 26) |date=2013 |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study |location=Canberra |page=103|url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Melicope%20fellii|accessdate=26 July 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Melicope_fellii.htm |title=Melicope fellii |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=2 July 2021}}
Taxonomy
Melicope fellii was first formally described in 2001 by Thomas Gordon Hartley in the journal Allertonia from specimens collected in 1997 by Paul Irwin Forster and others.{{cite web|title=Melicope fellii|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/580008 |publisher=APNI|accessdate=26 July 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Hartley |first1=Thomas Gordon |title=On the Taxonomy and Biogeography of Euodia and Melicope (Rutaceae) |journal=Allertonia |date=February 2001 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=218 |jstor=23189298 }} The specific epithet (fellii) honours David G. Fell who collected specimens during a rainforest survey.
Distribution and habitat
This melicope grows in rainforest at altitudes of {{cvt|240–320|m}} on Cape York Peninsula where it is only known from two collections.
Conservation status
This species is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.{{cite web |title=Species profile—Melicope fellii |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=26339 |publisher=Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science |accessdate=26 July 2020}}
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Category:Sapindales of Australia