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Carronia protensa

Carronia protensa
Photo: Unknown, CC BY 4.0
Family
Menispermaceae (Menisperm family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Carronia protensa is a species of plant in the moonseed family Menispermaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia, and was first described in 1883.

Where it grows

It grows in rainforest and gallery forest in northeastern Queensland, from the area near Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula southwards along the coast to the vicinity of Tully. It also occurs on the subcoastal Atherton Tableland. The altitudinal range is from sea level to about 800 m (2,600 ft).

Other Carronia plants

Carronia pedicellata · Carronia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carronia protensa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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