Canary Beech (species: Huberantha nitidissima) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Huberantha nitidissima
Canary Beech


©Anne Hoggett: Huberantha nitidissima flowers at Lizard Island in Jan 2019. Petals are about 2 cm long.

©Anne Hoggett: Huberantha nitidissima flowers at Lizard Island in Jan 2019. Petals are about 2 cm long.

©Anne Hoggett: Huberantha nitidissima flower at Lizard Island in Jan 2019. Petals are about 2 cm long.
Kingdom Plantae
Division Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Magnoliales
Family Annonaceae
Genus Huberantha
Species Huberantha nitidissima

Colours

                             

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

Flowers have a faint, pleasant scent, difficult to describe - slightly sweet and antiseptic like a dentist's surgery.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Abundant along the vehicle track between LIRS and airstrip.

Web resources

References

  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.