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Mountain sycamore

Ceratopetalum corymbosum

Mountain sycamore
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cunoniaceae (Cunoni family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Queensland (Cook)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ceratopetalum corymbosum, commonly known as mountain sycamore, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to a very small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia and has been given the conservation status of critically endangered.

Where it grows

Ceratopetalum corymbosum is restricted to the area between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation, mostly at around 1,200–1,300 m (3,900–4,300 ft) altitude on Thornton Peak. It grows in stunted rainforest.

Other Ceratopetalum plants

Coachwood · Christmasbush · Ceratopetalum hylandii · Ceratopetalum iugumense · Ceratopetalum macrophyllum · Ceratopetalum succirubrum · Ceratopetalum tetrapterum · Pink Sycamore · Ceratopetalum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceratopetalum corymbosum 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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