Cryptocarya gregsonii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. gregsonii
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| Cryptocarya gregsonii | |
Cryptocarya gregsonii, commonly known as native blackbutt, black plum or blackbutt,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is a small tree with thick, leathery, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, green flowers and fleshy black drupes.
Description
[edit]Cryptocarya gregsonii is a small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 12 m (39 ft). The leaves are thick and leathery, egg-shaped to more or less round or elliptic, 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long and up to 55 mm (2.2 in) wide. The flowers are green, small in number, about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, borne in the axils of upper leaves. Flowering occurs from November to February and the fruit is a black, fleshy, elliptic to oval drupe, 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in) long, 35–40 mm (1.4–1.6 in) wide and about 25 mm (0.98 in) thick.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Cryptocarya gregsonii was first formally described in 1902 by Joseph Maiden in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[3][4] It was named by Maiden after his friend Jesse Gregson of Newcastle.[2][4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Native blackbutt is endemic to Lord Howe Island where it prefers moist, sheltered areas. It is ocally abundant in the southern mountains of the island, from an altitude of 300 m (980 ft) to the summit of Mount Gower at 875 m (2,871 ft).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cryptocarya gregsonii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Green, Peter S. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Cryptocarya gregsonii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Cryptocarya gregsonii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b Maiden, Joseph (1902). "On a new Cryptocarya from Lord Howe Island, together with notes on other plants from that island". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 27 (3): 347. Retrieved 15 July 2024.