Mischocarpus pyriformis
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 30 m high;
Inflorescences axillary and pseudoterminal, up to 25 cm long, axes branched;
Petals 0-5, up to 1.5 mm long, clawed for ⅓-¾, variably hairy, ciliate, mainly on the claw, scales, and auricles;
Stamens (7) 8, up to 3 mm long;
Fruits up to 3.5 cm high, glabrous;
Seeds ellipsoid, up to 7 mm long;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Australasia, NE New South Wales present, NE and E Queensland present
Australia (NE and E Queensland, NE New South Wales) and Malesia: New Guinea.
Notes
Three subspecies can be recognized, of which one, subsp. pyriformis, is found only in Australia. The remaining two subspecies are readily separable in Papua New Guinea, but only with difficulty so in the Vogelkop in Irian Jaya.
Citation
R.W. Ham 1977 – In: Blumea: 275
Radlk. 1879 – In: Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München: 536,647
Domin 1927 – In: Bibl. Bot.: 910
F. Muell. 1865 – In: Fragm. Phyt. Austral.: 147
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1307
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1305
Ch. Moore 1893: Fl. N.S.W.: 91
S.T. Reynolds 1985 – In: Fl. Austral.: 97
Maiden & Betche 1916: Cens. N.S.W. Pl.: 129
Francis 1929: Austral. Rain-For. Trees: 235
Radlk. 1933: p. 1308. – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: f. 38a-f.
Merr. & L.M. Perry 1940 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 523
F. Muell. 1875 – In: Fragm. Phyt. Austral.: 90
Francis 1951: Austral. Rain-For. Trees, ed. 2: 261
P. Royen 1964 – In: Man. For. Trees Papua & New Guinea: f. 14