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Tapirlord
wrote:
4 hrs ago
Hi libbygleeson, thanks for your sighting. It looks like the location information you provided is incorrect. This can occur if the GPS sensor in your device was having a bad day. Please review and update the location of this record when you get a chance.
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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Reference used for checking and confirming this identification:
• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2
_Alchornea ilicifolia_ .
Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/
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→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
.
• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2
_Alchornea ilicifolia_ .
Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/
Computer (desktops and laptops) software:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
.
Alchornea ilicifolia
Tapirlord
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Hi UserCqoIFqhZ. You are more than welcome to query an identification or ask for some advice :). I reviewed your photos against the key and the plant you have is definitely M.hexandrum for the following reasons.
1) The flower shown posses 7-8 stamens as opposed to 3 in M.ericoides (That's the key feature)
2) Some but not all branches appear pubescent and the leaves are glabrous
3) You've listed the plant height as over a metre which is more consistent with the tall-tree like M.hexandrum rather than M.ericoides which is a smaller heath-esc plant.
I find that coastal specimens of M.hexandrum tend to grow taller and more scraggly than there counterparts where I am which are shorter and more robust. Perhaps this explains what you are observing. Hope this helps!
1) The flower shown posses 7-8 stamens as opposed to 3 in M.ericoides (That's the key feature)
2) Some but not all branches appear pubescent and the leaves are glabrous
3) You've listed the plant height as over a metre which is more consistent with the tall-tree like M.hexandrum rather than M.ericoides which is a smaller heath-esc plant.
I find that coastal specimens of M.hexandrum tend to grow taller and more scraggly than there counterparts where I am which are shorter and more robust. Perhaps this explains what you are observing. Hope this helps!
Micrantheum hexandrum
UserCqoIFqhZ
wrote:
Yesterday
Dear Tapirlord, Thank you for your identification of Micrantheum, as I had no idea where to begin. However, with the greatest respect, I would query the species identification. The flowers are very small and mostly singly, or in twos, along the stem. They do not look like the flower clusters on M. hexandrum as shown on Naturemapr. The three tiny "petals" look much more like the illustrations of M. ericoides. The cluster of 4 buds in my photo is perhaps misleading as most of the flowers are singles or pairs, often spread along the stem.
Micrantheum hexandrum
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