Palmeria coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae and is endemic to places above 900 m (3,000 ft) between Mount Misery and the Tinaroo Range in Queensland.[2]

Palmeria coriacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Palmeria
Species:
P. coriacea
Binomial name
Palmeria coriacea

The species was first formally described in 1936 by Cyril Tenison White in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland from specimens collected by Leonard John Brass on Thornton Peak at an altitude of 4,000 ft (1,200 m) in 1932.[3][4] The specific epithet coriacea means "leathery".[5]

Palmeria coriacea is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Palmeria coriacea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ Guymer, Gordon P. (2008). "Notes on Palmeria F.Muell. (Monimiaceae) in Australia and the application of the name Palmeria racemosa (Tul.) A.DC". Austrobaileya. 7 (4): 732. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Palmeria coriacea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ White, Cyril T. (1936). "Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 47: 75–76. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Species profile—Palmeria coriacea". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 5 May 2024.