Helicia recurva

Helicia recurva is a species of rainforest trees, of northeastern Queensland, Australia, from the flowering plant family Proteaceae.

They are endemic to the upland rainforests of the Wet Tropics region, from about 500 to 1,300 m (1,600 to 4,300 ft) altitude.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

As of December 2013^[update] this species has the official, current, Qld government conservation status of "near threatened" species.^[1]

They have been recorded growing up to about 10 m (33 ft) tall.^[2]^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Queensland Government (27 September 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (PDF). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 70. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Foreman, Don B. (1986). "A new species of Helicia, new combinations and lectotypification in Triunia (Proteaceae) from Australia". Muelleria. 6 (3). pp. 193–96, fig. 1.
^ ^a ^b "Helicia recurva%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Helicia recurva Foreman". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 413. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b Foreman, Don B. (1995). "Helicia recurva Foreman". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 395-397, fig. 173, map 445. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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