Canarium vitiense

Canarium vitiense is a rainforest tree species, of the plant family Burseraceae, growing naturally in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Torres Strait Islands and in lowland north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[1][3][5][6]

Canarium vitiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Canarium
Species:
C. vitiense
Binomial name
Canarium vitiense
Synonyms[3][4]

In New Guinea, they are recorded as growing widely in rainforests up about 250 m (820 ft) altitude.[5]

In the Torres Strait Islands (Australia), likewise they are recorded as growing up about 250 m (820 ft) altitude.

In the Australian mainland north-eastern Queensland regions of the Wet Tropics, Cape York Peninsula and just to their east the continent's offshore islands, they are recorded as growing naturally widespread, from about InghamHinchinbrook Island northwards, in remaining well developed lowland tropical rainforests, below ca. 100 m (330 ft) altitude.[6][7]

Full grown trees may reach up to 30–40 m (100–130 ft) tall.[5][7]

Formal description of some trees found in Fiji, using this species name, was published in 1854 by botanist Asa Gray, effectively describing this species of all of these trees across the western Pacific region.[1][2]

References

  1. Gray, Asa (1854). "Botany. Phanerogamia. pt. 1". United States Exploring Expedition. 15: 373–4. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Canarium vitiense A.Gray". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013.
  3. Leenhouts, P. W.; Steenis, Cornelis G. G. J. van (Sep 1972). "Canarium vitiense A.Gray". Addenda, Corrigenda et Emendanda (Digitised, online, via biodiversitylibrary.org). Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. 6. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. p. 926. Retrieved 7 Dec 2014.
  4. Leenhouts, P. W.; Kalkman, C.; Lam, H. J. (March 1956). "Canarium schlechteri Lauterb.". Burseraceae (Digitised, online, via biodiversitylibrary.org). Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. 5. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. p. 296. Retrieved 7 Dec 2014.
  5. Conn, Barry J.; Damas, Kipiro Q. (2006). "PNGTreesKey – Canarium vitiense A.Gray" (Online, from pngplants.org/PNGtrees). Guide to Trees of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013.
  6. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Canarium vitiense". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013.
  7. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Canarium vitiense A.Gray". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 95. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 17 Nov 2013.


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