Eucryphia jinksii

Taxobox
status = EN
status_system = QLDNCA
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Oxalidales
familia = Cunoniaceae (Eucryphiaceae)
genus = "Eucryphia"
species = "E. jinksii"
binomial ="Eucryphia jinksii"
binomial_authority = P.I.Forst

"Eucryphia jinksii" (Springbrook Leatherwood) is a tree found in Queensland, Australia.

It is a tree to 30m tall in the family Cunoniaceae discovered as a new species only in 1994 by David Jinks. The species is listed as Endangered on the Queensland Nature Conservation Act.

Distribution and habitat

It is known from only a single creek catchment in Warm Temperate Rainforest on the Springbrook Plateau. Another stand has been discovered growing not as trees but as a thicket of multi stemmed shrubs on a wind sheared clifftop also in the Springbrook Area.

Description

"E. jinksii" trees have pale lichen covered bark typical of many species in the Warm Temperate Rainforests. Often a ring of coppice shoots surrounds the base of an adult tree, coppice and seedling leaves have 5-7 leaflets, while adult leaves have 1-3.

Flowers are cream with four petals and numerous stamens. Beehives near other species of Eucryphia make a famous rich honey known as Leatherwood Honey this species has considerable potential for honey production.

Fruits are small brown capsules with multiple segments and small seeds.

References

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*David Jinks Pers Comm 2007.

External links

* [http://www.lottah.com/shrubs/eucryphia/jinksi.htmNursery Website with Images]