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Coastal Fontainea

Fontainea oraria

Coastal Fontainea
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0
Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
New South Wales (S. of Lennox Head)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Fontainea oraria is a rare rainforest plant growing near the sea on private property near Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia. The common name is coast fontainea.

A survey in 2005 found there are only ten mature plants, and 45 seedlings or juveniles. Fontainea oraria is listed as critically endangered by extinction.

Other Fontainea plants

Fontainea australis · Fontainea borealis · Fontainea fugax · Fontainea pancheri · Blushwood Tree · Fontainea rostrata · Fontainea subpapuana · Fontainea venosa · Fontainea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fontainea oraria 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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