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Decaspermum struckoilicum

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Native range
EC. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Decaspermum struckoilicum is a rare and critically endangered perennial shrub in the Myrtaceae family which is endemic to Queensland.

Where it grows

Decaspermum struckoilicum possesses a very restricted range only occurring in five locations in Struck Oil at Mount Morgan in Central Queensland. It occurs in semi-evergreen vine thicket on reddish-brown soil up to 300 m in elevation from sea level. It also occurs in Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve. The species as a whole consists of a single subpopulation of 41 mature individuals. Extensive searches in the surrounding area have not detected new mature individuals or populations.

Other Decaspermum plants

Decaspermum fruticosum · Brown Myrtle · Decaspermum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Decaspermum struckoilicum 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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