Melicope micrococca
| Hairy-leaved doughwood | |
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| Melicope micrococca | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Melicope |
| Species: | M. micrococca
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| Binomial name | |
| Melicope micrococca | |
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Melicope micrococca, commonly known as hairy-leaved doughwood or white euodia,[2] is a species of shrub or slender tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has trifoliate leaves and white flowers borne in panicles in leaf axils.
Description
Taxonomy
Hairy-leaved doughwood was first described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Euodia micrococca and published the description in his book, Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from a specimen collected near Cabramatta by William Woolls.[3][4] In 1990, Thomas Gordon Hartley changed the name to Melicope micrococca in the journal Telopea.[5][6]
Distribution and habitat
Melicope micrococca usually grows in rainforest and is found from near sea level to an altitude of 1,050 m (3,440 ft). Its natural range is from the Seven Mile Beach, New South Wales (34° S) to Maryborough, Queensland (25° S).[7][8]
Ecology
The fruit is eaten by a variety of birds, including the brown cuckoo dove, crimson rosella, green catbird and Lewin's honeyeater. Melicope micrococca is a target species for many insects, including butterflies in the family Papilionidae.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melicope micrococca". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ↑ Richards, P.G. "Melicope micrococca". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ↑ "Euodia micrococca". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 144. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Melicope micrococca". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ Hartley, Thomas G. (26 September 1990). "A new species and new combinations in Melicope (Rutaceae) in New South Wales". Telopea. 4 (1): 34. doi:10.7751/telopea19904915.
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