Athertonia

taxobox
name = "Athertonia"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Athertonia"
genus_authority = L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
binomial = "Athertonia diversifolia"
binomial_authority = (C.T.White) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

"Athertonia" is a monotypic genus of medium-sized tree in the family Proteaceae. It is native to the Atherton Tableland region of Far North Queensland in Australia. It is known as the Atherton Oak due to the shape of its immature leaves which resemble those of the English oak "Quercus robur", which it is unrelated to.

External links

* [http://www.anhs.com.au/images/athertonoakfoliage.jpgPhotograph of leaves, showing distinct shape]