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5 <mods:title>A Revision of Linospadix in Australia, with the Description of a New Species
</mods:title>
7 <mods:name type=
"personal">
8 <mods:namePart type=
"family">Dowe
</mods:namePart>
9 <mods:namePart type=
"given">J.L.
</mods:namePart>
11 <roleTerm type=
"text">author
</roleTerm>
12 <roleTerm type=
"code">aut
</roleTerm>
15 <mods:name type=
"personal">
16 <mods:namePart type=
"family">Irvine
</mods:namePart>
17 <mods:namePart type=
"given">A.K.
</mods:namePart>
19 <roleTerm type=
"text">author
</roleTerm>
20 <roleTerm type=
"code">aut
</roleTerm>
24 <mods:publisher>Principes
41:
192-
197,
211-
217</mods:publisher>
25 <mods:dateIssued>1997</mods:dateIssued>
30 <treatment rank=
"species">
32 <name>Linospadix microcaryus
</name>
33 <author>(Domin) Burret
</author>
34 <citation>Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem
12:
331 (
1935)
</citation>
35 <type>Australia, Queensland, Harvey's Ck.,
1889; Bailey; s.n.
</type>
36 <type_loc>Holotype BRI[AQ75431]
</type_loc>
38 <name>Bacularia microcarya
</name>
39 <author>Domin
</author>
40 <bibref>Domin, Biblioth. Bot.
85:
499 (
1915)
</bibref>
43 <name>Bacularia sessilifolia
</name>
44 <author>Becc.
</author>
45 <bibref>Becc., Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat. Pisa, Mem.
44:
133 (
1934)
</bibref>
46 <type>Australia, Queensland, Cook District, Russell R.,
1886; Sayer; s.n.
</type>
47 <type_loc>Type Fl
</type_loc>
50 <name>Bacularia sessilifolia var. multisecta
</name>
51 <author>Becc. ex Martelli
</author>
52 <bibref>Becc. ex Martelli, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s.,
42:
30 (
1935)
</bibref>
53 <type>Not designated.
</type>
56 <div type=
"introduction"><p></p></div>
57 <div type=
"etymology"><p>In reference to the small fruit.
</p></div>
58 <div type=
"vernacular"><p></p></div>
59 <div type=
"diagnosis"><p></p></div>
60 <div type=
"description"><p>Clustering small palm. Stems l-
6, to
3 m tall,
7-
25 mm diam., internodes elongate, green; crown with
5-
9 leaves. Leaves
28-
70 cm long, irregularly segmented with united pinnae, segments with broad bases, or regularly pinnate; petiole
1-
23 cm long,
3-
6 mm wide; pinnae
3-
23 per leaf,
11-
36.5 cm long, by
0.9-
7.4 cm wide, semiglossy, lettuce to mid-green above, sometimes dark green when in deep shade, lighter green below; midrib and secondary veins prominent on both surfaces; terminal pair broader than adjacent laterals and often basal pair broader than laterals; lamina, when backlit under
10X magnification, with numerous scattered clear elongate
"cells" 0.5-
1 mm long linearly parallel to midrib and veins. Inflorescence to B0 cm long. Staminate flowers globose to squatly bullet-shapedi n bud,
2-
5 mm long; petals three times the length of sepals, apically rounded, without longitudinal striations, cream/dull yellow at anthesis, not widely opening; stamens
8-
12; connective not extending beyond the anther. Fruit globose to turbinate,
5-
9 X
5-a mm, yellow-orange, or pink to red at maturity; epicarp smooth. Seed subglobos.
</p></div>
61 <div type=
"distribution"><p>From Mts. Spurgeon and Lewis to just south of Innisfail, most common on the lower slopes of Mts. Bartle Frere and Bellenden-Ker, and the Malbon Thompson Range, from near sea level to
1600 m elevation, in rain forest on granite, or occasionally on basalt and metamorphics.
</p></div>
62 <div type=
"biology_ecology"><p></p></div>
63 <div type=
"conservation"><p>Rare (Queensland Herbarium
1994). This designation could be revised to Common: distribution covers an area of approximately
120 km in length and the species is common throughout this range.
</p></div>
64 <div type=
"uses"><p></p></div>
65 <div type=
"discussion"><p>Bailey's
1889 collection from Harvey's Creek (BRI [AQ75431]), cited by Domin in his
1915 protologue, is the type specimen for Linospadix microcarya. This species is the most common Linospadix in the Mt. Bellenden-Ker and Mt. Bartle Frere area. Linospadix microcarya stands apart from the other species due to some unique features: the leaf lamina contains elongate clear
"cells" that are visible under
10X magnification, fruit is turbinate (infrequently globose), and staminate flowers do not open widely at anthesis.
</p></div>
66 <div type=
"materials_examined"><p>Representative specimens. QUEENSLAND: Cook District, Mt. Spurgeon, Platypus Ck.,
20 Sep
1936, White s.n. (BRI, QRS); Summit of Mt. Spurgeon,
1300 m,
12 Aug
1971, Stocker
780 (BRI, QRS); TR
140, Cow LA.,
16˚
30'
5,
145˚
10'E,
1150 m,
27 Sep
1973, Irvine
654 (QRS); Mt. Lewis, SFR
143, North Mary LA.,
1000 m,
16˚
30'S,
145˚
16'E,
4 Oct
1973, Irvine
662 (QRS); Mt. Lewis,
15 km N of Rex Hwy.,
16˚
30'S,
145˚
15'E,
900 m alt.,
13 Feb
1996, Dowe
0260 (BRI,FTG); Mt. Lewis,
9 km from Rex Hwy., on Mt. Lewis Rd.,
16˚
35'S,
145˚
16'E,
350 m alt.,
5 Apr
1996, Dowe
0319 (BRI, FTG); Harvey's Ck., l7˚
15'S,
145˚
55'E,,
100 m,
3l Oct
1974, Irvine
1033 (BRI, QRS); Boonjee SFR
1230,
17˚
25'S,
145˚
45'E,
720 m,
23 Jan
1973, Irvine
445 (QRS). North Kennedy, head of Culla Ck.,
1.4 km S of Cooroo Peak,
14 km NW of South Johnstone, l7˚
3l'S,
145˚
53'E,
60 m alt., Oct l9BB, JessupG JM2559, Guymer
& McDonald (BRI).
</p></div>