Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
confertus: crowded together, perhaps referring to the leaves.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lophostemon confertus (R. Br.) P.G. Wilson & J.T. Waterh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=180340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Tree. Bark pink-brown, mostly deciduous on the upper branches. Leaves: petiole up to 2 cm; lamina lanceolate, 7-15 × 2.5-4.5 cm, acute, borne in false whorls of 4-5. Inflorescences pedunculate, cymose, 3-7-flowered. Petals 6-9 mm, orbicular. Stamen fascicles 10-15 mm long; stamens very numerous (over 70 per fascicle); filaments inflexed. Fruit turbinate to hemispherical. Seed 2-3 mm long.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lophostemon confertus (R. Br.) P.G. Wilson & J.T. Waterh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=180340
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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A forest tree of eastern coastal Australia from north of Cooktown, Queensland to the northern side of the Hunter River Valley, New South Wales.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lophostemon confertus (R. Br.) P.G. Wilson & J.T. Waterh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=180340
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
