Sankowskya

Sankowskya is a genus of plants. The sole known species, Sankowskya stipularis, is a tree endemic to one locality in the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3][4] The species constitutes part of the plant family Picrodendraceae.[1][2][3] Few botanical collections have ever been made of the trees, from a very restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforests, hence the species has obtained the conservation status of "endangered" in the legislative regulation of the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act 1992.[3][5] Notably, trees grow naturally in the Thylogale Nature Refuge.[1]

Sankowskya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Sankowskya
P.I.Forst.
Species:
S. stipularis
Binomial name
Sankowskya stipularis
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Dissiliaria sp. Rex Range (G.Sankowsky 1075)

See also
  • Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References
  1. Forster, Paul I. (1995). "Sankowskya, a new genus of Euphorbiaceae (Dissiliariinae) from the Australian Wet Tropics". Austrobaileya. 4 (3): 329–335. JSTOR 41738868.
  2. "Sankowskya". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 Nov 2013.
  3. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Sankowskya stipularis". 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 24 Mar 2013.
  4. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Sankowskya P.I.Forst.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 197. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 4 Dec 2013.
  5. Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" (pdf). Nature Conservation Act 1992. Online, accessed from www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Australia. p. 37. Retrieved 30 Nov 2013.


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