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Accession Data:

Eupomatia laurina R. Br.

  • Common Name: Copper Laurel, Bolwarra
  • Family: Eupomatiaceae

  • Country of Origin: New Guinea to E. & SE. Australia
  • Habitat: rainforest and moist eucalypt forest

  • Description: Evergreen shrub to 6m. Fruit edible, flowers pollinated only by the weevil Elleschodes hamiltonii T. Blackburn
  • USDA Zone: 10

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202458
  • Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico
  • Provenance: CSU Chico ex. Mt. Coot-Tha, 1986 Index Seminum #356
  • Accession Date: 10-17-2002
  • Bench: 1220 - AUS:East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-24-2018

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Magnoliales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Eupomatiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)
  • Beetle Pollination (cantharophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Guinea / New South Wales / Queensland / Victoria

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
  3. Eupomatia laurina at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:30:22 -0400

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Eupomatia laurina

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