Species profile—Commersonia pearnii
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Byttneriaceae → Commersonia pearnii
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Byttneriaceae
- Scientific name
- Commersonia pearnii Guymer
- WildNet taxon ID
- 30649
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Short Notes
- Holotype, Isotype, spirit
- Description
- Commersonia pearnii is a shrub 30-100cm tall. The branchlets are covered in dense, star-shaped, pale yellow hairs. The leaves are oblong to ovate in shape, 1.4-5cm long by 0.8-1.6cm wide, and have undulating margins of 5-7 rounded lobes 1-10mm long. The veins are raised on the lower leaf surface and impressed on the upper surface. The leaves have a waxy, greyish-blue appearance with velvety star-shaped hairs on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces.
Flower clusters contain 3-8 flowers. The white, cream or pale green flowers are 4-5mm in diameter and on stalks 0.5-0.8mm long. The outside of the buds and stalk are covered in star-shaped, pale yellow hairs. The capsules and seeds are unknown. (Guymer 2005) - Map
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- Distribution
- Commersonia pearnii is only known from the Blackdown Tableland in central Queensland. (Guymer 2005; Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -23.7448122, 149.0447067
-23.91509, 149.084429 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Commersonia pearnii inhabits open forest and woodland, with a range of canopy species. It grows on sandstone escarpments and tablelands with shallow, medium- to coarse-grained soils. (Guymer 2005; Herbrecs 2008)
- Reproduction
- Commersonia pearnii is known to flower in March, September and October. (Guymer 2005)
- Notes
- Contributors: Gordon Guymer, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Guymer, G.P. (2005). New species of Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Sterculiaceae) from Eastern Australia and Vanuatu. Austrobaileya, vol. 7(1): 244-6.
Herbrecs (2008). Commersonia pearnii, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 26/09/2008. - Profile author
- Gordon Guymer (27/01/2009)
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=30649.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
