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Oraniopsis appendiculata

Synonyms: Areca appendiculata (homotypic); Orania appendiculata (homotypic); Orania beccarii

Wikipedia Abstract

Oraniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from Queensland, Australia, where the only known species, Oraniopsis appendiculata, grows in mountainous rain forest. Dioecious and extremely slow growing, the name means "similar to Orania" and the Latin epithet translates to "appendaged".
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Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  66 feet (20 m)

Predators

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (Musky Rat-kangaroo)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Dennis, Andrew James (1997) "Musky Rat-kangaroos, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus: cursorial frugivores in Australia's wet-tropical rain forests". PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0