Wetria australiensis
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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|image = Wetria australiensis by J.L.Dowe 2.jpg
|image_caption = Female flower
|status = EN
|status_system = IUCN3.1
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|status2 = CR
|status2_system = QLDNCA
|status2_ref = {{R|DESQLD}}
|taxon = Wetria australiensis
|authority = P.I.Forst.{{R|APNI|POWO}}
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Wetria australiensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Papua New Guinea and the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a small tree to about {{cvt|15|m}} tall, first described in 1994 by New Zealand-born botanist Paul Irwin Forster.{{R|RFK|FORSTER}}
Distribution and habitat
The species is known from a very small area of rainforest just west of Cairns, Queensland, and two isolated occurrences in Papua New Guinea.{{R|GBIF|AVH}} When first described it was only known from the site near Cairns.{{R|FORSTER}}
Conservation
{{As of|2025|03}}, this species has been assessed to be endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and critically endangered by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.{{R|IUCN|DESQLD}}
Gallery
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|File:Wetria australiensis by J.L.Dowe 1.jpg|Foliage
|File:Wetria australiensis by J.L.Dowe 3.jpg|Trunk
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References
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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=7200 |title=Species profile—Wetria australiensis |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=12 March 2025}}
{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/170773 |title=Wetria australiensis |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=12 March 2025}}
{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Wetria_australiensis.htm |title=Wetria australiensis |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=12 March 2025}}
{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979647-1 |title=Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=12 March 2025}}
{{cite web |title=Search: species: Wetria australiensis {{!}} Occurrence records |url=https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Wetria%20australiensis#tab_mapView |website=Australasian Virtual Herbarium |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=12 March 2025}}
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External links
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- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Wetria+australiensis#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1050135 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
- [https://flickriver.com/search/Wetria+australiensis View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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