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Rare or threatened plants of Cape York Peninsula (CYP) bioregion

Total number of species: 189

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
land plants Acanthaceae Graptophyllum excelsum NT Q
land plants Acanthaceae Lepidagathis royenii V QI
land plants Acanthaceae Rhaphidospora cavernarum V QI
land plants Alismataceae Astonia australiensis E Q I
land plants Annonaceae Xylopia monosperma C E QA
land plants Apocynaceae Dischidia littoralis V V QI
land plants Apocynaceae Hoya anulata NT QI
land plants Apocynaceae Hoya inconspicua NT QI
land plants Apocynaceae Hoya macgillivrayi red hoya NT Q
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia araujacea CR CE Q
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia paludicola V V Q
land plants Apocynaceae Phyllanthera grayi V Q
land plants Apocynaceae Sarcolobus vittatus V QI
land plants Apocynaceae Secamone auriculata V Q
land plants Araceae Remusatia vivipara NT QA
land plants Araliaceae Heptapleurum bractescens NT Q
land plants Arecaceae Arenga australasica V QA
land plants Arecaceae Calamus aruensis V QI
land plants Arecaceae Calamus warburgii V QI
land plants Arecaceae Hydriastele costata V V QI
land plants Arecaceae Livistona concinna NT Q
land plants Arecaceae Wodyetia bifurcata foxtail palm V Q
land plants Argophyllaceae Argophyllum verae V Q
land plants Asteraceae Glossocardia orthochaeta E Q
land plants Asteraceae Pluchea tenuis V Q
land plants Bignoniaceae Dolichandrone spathacea NT QAI I
land plants Bignoniaceae Neosepicaea viticoides NT QI
land plants Boraginaceae Ehretia microphylla V QI
land plants Brownlowiaceae Brownlowia argentata NT QI
land plants Calophyllaceae Calophyllum bicolor V V QI
land plants Combretaceae Combretum trifoliatum V QI
land plants Combretaceae Dansiea grandiflora V Q
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea imperati V QAI
land plants Costaceae Cheilocostus potierae E QI
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis costatus NT Q
land plants Cucurbitaceae Momordica sphaeroidea NT Q
land plants Cyatheaceae Alsophila exilis E Q
land plants Cyatheaceae Sphaeropteris felina E QI
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas distans E Q
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas semota E Q
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas silvestris V V Q
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas tuckeri V Q
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis retroflexa V V QI I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis adjuncta E E Q I
land plants Cyperaceae Paramapania parvibractea V QI
land plants Dilleniaceae Hibbertia cymosa NT Q
land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros areolifolia V QI
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton brachypus NT Q
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton caudatus E QAI
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton choristadenius V QI
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton simulans V Q
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton stockeri V Q
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia carissoides V V Q
land plants Euphorbiaceae Mallotus megadontus E Q
land plants Gleicheniaceae Sticherus milnei V QI
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum coronatum V V QI
land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella incollata NT Q
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Crepidomanes aphlebioides CR QI
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum eboracense V Q
land plants Lamiaceae Prostanthera tozerana Mount Tozer prostanthera CR Q
land plants Lauraceae Cryptocarya glaucocarpa V Q
land plants Lauraceae Litsea macrophylla NT QI
land plants Leguminosae Acacia armitii NT QA
land plants Leguminosae Acacia guymeri NT Q
land plants Leguminosae Acacia ommatosperma NT Q
land plants Leguminosae Acacia solenota E Q
land plants Leguminosae Austrocallerya pilipes NT Q
land plants Leguminosae Crudia abbreviata NT Q
land plants Leguminosae Crudia papuana V QI
land plants Leguminosae Hardenbergia sp. (Mt Mulligan J.R.Clarkson 5775) V Q
land plants Leguminosae Mezoneuron hymenocarpum NT QI
land plants Leguminosae Phylacium bracteosum NT QI
land plants Leguminosae Senegalia albizioides NT Q
land plants Leguminosae Senegalia pennata subsp. kerrii V Q
land plants Linderniaceae Torenia polygonoides V QI
land plants Loranthaceae Cecarria obtusifolia NT QI
land plants Loranthaceae Dactyliophora novae-guineae NT QI
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus carinatus E E QI
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus ledermannii V Q
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus phlegmarioides V QAI
land plants Lycopodiaceae Pseudolycopodiella limosa NT Q
land plants Malpighiaceae Tristellateia australasiae NT QI
land plants Meliaceae Aglaia argentea silver boodyarra V QI
land plants Menispermaceae Hypserpa polyandra var. polyandra V QI
land plants Moraceae Ficus melinocarpa var. hololampra NT QI
land plants Myrtaceae Acmena mackinnoniana Rocky River satinash NT Q
land plants Myrtaceae Acmenosperma pringlei V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Homoranthus tropicus NT Q
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia arenaria E Q
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia sessiliflora E Q
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus effusa E Q
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus pervagata E Q
land plants Myrtaceae Sannantha tozerensis V V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Sphaerantia chartacea Shipton's penda V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium aqueum water apple V QAI
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium buettnerianum New Guinea satinash NT QI
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium macilwraithianum V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium rubrimolle V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium velarum V V Q
land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon arenarius NT Q
land plants Olacaceae Anacolosa australis NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Acriopsis emarginata pale chandelier orchid V V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Aphyllorchis queenslandica NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Blepharoglossum condylobulbon V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Bogoria matutina V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Bryobium irukandjianum V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Bulbophyllum gracillimum graceful orchid V V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Bulbophyllum grandimesense V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Cadetia collinsii V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Cadetia wariana V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Cooktownia robertsii E Q
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium antennatum antelope orchid E E QI
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium bigibbum Cooktown orchid V V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium carronii V V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium johannis brown antelope orchid V V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium malbrownii V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium x superbiens V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Didymoplexis pallens crystal bells NT QI
land plants Orchidaceae Dipodium pandanum E QI
land plants Orchidaceae Dockrillia wassellii NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Eulophia pelorica V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Eulophia zollingeri V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Grastidium tozerense V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Habenaria hymenophylla rainforest habenaria NT QA
land plants Orchidaceae Habenaria macraithii E E Q
land plants Orchidaceae Nervilia crociformis NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Oberonia carnosa V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Pomatocalpa marsupiale V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Robiquetia wassellii NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Sarcochilus hirticalcar harlequin orchid V V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Schoenorchis sarcophylla V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Spathoglottis plicata New Guinea ground orchid V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Stigmatodactylus sublestus NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Taeniophyllum confertum NT Q
land plants Orchidaceae Thelasis carinata V QI
land plants Orchidaceae Trichoglottis australiensis V Q
land plants Orchidaceae Vanda hindsii Cape York vanda V V QI
land plants Pandanaceae Freycinetia marginata E Q
land plants Pandanaceae Freycinetia percostata V QI
land plants Pandanaceae Pandanus zea NT Q
land plants Phyllanthaceae Margaritaria indica NT QI
land plants Poaceae Apluda mutica V QAI
land plants Poaceae Arthraxon australiensis Cape York carpet grass V Q
land plants Poaceae Coix gasteenii E Q
land plants Poaceae Dallwatsonia felliana E Q
land plants Poaceae Germainia capitata V V QI I
land plants Poaceae Lepturus geminatus NT QA
land plants Poaceae Lepturus xerophilus NT QA
land plants Poaceae Paspalum multinodum V Q
land plants Poaceae Scrotochloa tararaensis V QI
land plants Poaceae Scrotochloa urceolata V QI
land plants Proteaceae Lasjia claudiensis V Q
land plants Pteridaceae Antrophyum plantagineum NT QI
land plants Rhamnaceae Stenanthemum argenteum V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Cyclophyllum costatum V V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia psidioides V V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Hedyotis novoguineensis E QI
land plants Rubiaceae Hydnophytum ferrugineum V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Lasianthus hirsutus V QI
land plants Rubiaceae Myrmecodia beccarii V V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Psydrax reticulata V Q
land plants Rubiaceae Randia audasii NT Q
land plants Rubiaceae Scleromitrion polycladum NT Q
land plants Rutaceae Euodia hylandii NT Q
land plants Rutaceae Philotheca acrolopha V Q
land plants Santalaceae Dendromyza reinwardtiana V QAI
land plants Sapindaceae Alectryon repandodentatus E QI
land plants Sapindaceae Lepiderema hirsuta NT Q
land plants Sapindaceae Lepisanthes senegalensis V QI
land plants Sapindaceae Tristiropsis acutangula V QI
land plants Sapotaceae Donella lanceolata NT QI
land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella xylocarpa NT QI
land plants Simaroubaceae Samadera sp. (Kennedy River J.R.Clarkson 5645) V Q
land plants Solanaceae Solanum angustum CR Q
land plants Solanaceae Solanum dunalianum V V QI
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia sp. (McIvor River J.R.Clarkson 5201) E Q
land plants Stemonaceae Stemona angusta NT Q
land plants Sterculiaceae Brachychiton grandiflorus NT Q
land plants Sterculiaceae Firmiana papuana lacewood V QI
land plants Sterculiaceae Sterculia shillinglawii subsp. shillinglawii NT QI
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium elachophyllum E Q I
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium longissimum V Q
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium trichopodum NT Q
land plants Tectariaceae Tectaria siifolia V QAI
land plants Thymelaeaceae Jedda multicaulis V Q
land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea approximans E Q
land plants Vitaceae Cissus aristata V QI
land plants Zingiberaceae Amomum queenslandicum CR Q
land plants Zingiberaceae Globba marantina V QI

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Rare or threatened plants of Cape York Peninsula (CYP) bioregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 27 September 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=bioregion-cape-york-peninsula-cyp&Kingdom=plants&SpeciesFilter=RareOrThreatened

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