PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla (F.Muell.) P.S.Green
Family Cannabaceae
Common name: Cotton-Wood

Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla (F.Muell.) P.S.Green APNI*

Synonyms: Celtis amblyphylla F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Trees to 16 m tall, dioecious.

Adult leaves leathery, glabrous; petiole 0.5–1 cm long; lamina elliptic, (3–) 5–9 cm long, (1.5–) 2–4 cm broad; base acute to slightly rounded-obtuse; apex often slightly oblique, entire, rounded; venation 4 or 5 primary veins on each side of midrib above 3 basal veins, reticulate. Juvenile leaves lanceolate, pinnatisect-dentate.

Inflorescence dense, in axils of upper leaves, 3–5 mm long. Perianth lobes membranous, 1–2 mm long, margins dry and more or less membranous. Anthers rounded, 1– 1.5mm long. Ovary 1 mm long, apically truncate with 2 forked stigmatic lobes.

Drupe, fleshy, globular, 6–7 mm long, purple; style persistent. Endocarp conical, 5.5–6 mm long, deeply pitted.


Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: December to early February

Distribution and occurrence: Endemic to LHI

Widespread in owland forests.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
AVH map***

Celtis conferta subsp. conferta, the other subspecies, is endemic to New Caledonia.

Text by Kerry Gibbons, adapted from P.S. Green
Taxon concept: Flora of Australia 49 (1994).


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET