Aceratium | |
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Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: |
Aceratium DC. [1] [2] |
Type species | |
Aceratium oppositifolium DC.
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Species | |
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Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In Australia they are commonly known as carabeens. [4] [5] They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees. [1] [2] [4] [5]
They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas, [1] and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [4] [5]
Some species have uses for their fruits as food and, [1] although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.[ citation needed]
Aceratium | |
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Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: |
Aceratium DC. [1] [2] |
Type species | |
Aceratium oppositifolium DC.
| |
Species | |
See text |
Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In Australia they are commonly known as carabeens. [4] [5] They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees. [1] [2] [4] [5]
They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas, [1] and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [4] [5]
Some species have uses for their fruits as food and, [1] although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.[ citation needed]