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Red muttonwood

Myrsine subsessilis

Red muttonwood
Photo: Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
wet tropical

About

Myrsine subsessilis, commonly known as red muttonwood, is a plant in the family Primulaceae found only in coastal rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

The two subspecies form disjunct populations on the east coast of Australia — the subspecies subsellis occurs from the Clarence River (about 29.4° S) to the Gympie area (about 25.9° S), while the subspecies cryptostemon occurs from the Paluma Range National Park (about 19.1° S) to the Kutini-Payamu National Park (formerly known as Iron Range N.P.) (about 12.6° S).

Other Myrsine plants

Myrsine adamsonii · African Boxwood · Myrsine andersonii · Mapou · Myrsine brownii · Myrsine bullata · Myrsine ceylanica · Cook Islands Myrsine · Myrsine collina · Leathery colicwood · Summit colicwood · Myrsine diazii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine subsessilis 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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