Flindersia

Flindersia
File:Flindersia australis.jpg
Fruit pods of F. australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Flindersioideae
Genus:	Flindersia R.Br.
Species
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Flindersia is a genus of 17 species of trees in the family Rutaceae. They grow naturally in the Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia (New South Wales and Queensland) and New Caledonia.

They are cultivated and planted for both timber and as street trees. The genus was named after explorer Matthew Flinders.

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and scientific journal articles.

• Flindersia acuminata C.T.White, silver silkwood, silver maple – NE. Qld
• Flindersia amboinensis Poir. – Moluccas to New Guinea
• Flindersia australis R.Br., Australian teak, crows ash – E. central Qld to NE. NSW
• Flindersia bennettii F.Muell. ex Benth., Bennett's ash – SE. Qld to NE. NSW
• Flindersia bourjotiana F.Muell., Queensland silver ash – NE. Qld
• Flindersia brassii T.G.Hartley & B.Hyland, hard scented maple, Claudie River scented maple – Cape York Peninsula
• Flindersia brayleyana F.Muell., Queensland maple, maple silkwood – NE. Qld
• Flindersia collina F.M.Bailey, leopard wood – Qld to NE. NSW
• Flindersia dissosperma (F.Muell.) Domin, scrub leopardwood – E. central Qld
• Flindersia fournieri Panch. & Sebert. – New Caledonia endemic
• Flindersia ifflana F.Muell., hickory ash, Cairns hickory – New Guinea, NE. Qld
• Flindersia laevicarpa C.T.White & W.D.Francis
  • var. laevicarpa, scented maple, rose ash – NE. Qld
  • var. heterophylla (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley – New Guinea
• Flindersia maculosa (Lindl.) Benth., leopardwood, leopard tree – central Qld to S. central NSW
• Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup (syn.: F. unifoliolata), mountain silkwood – NE. Qld endemic
• Flindersia pimenteliana F.Muell., maple silkwood, rose silkwood – New Guinea, NE. Qld
• Flindersia schottiana F.Muell. (syn.: F. pubescens F.M.Bailey), silver ash, cudgerie, bumpy ash – New Guinea, E. Australia
• Flindersia xanthoxyla (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Domin, yellowwood, long Jack – SE. Qld to NE. NSW

• Medium crowash.jpg

  Habit of F. australis

• Flindersia australis Crows Nest.jpg

  Fruit capsule of F. australis

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  Habit of F. schottiana

External links

• The Forest Farmers Association of Queensland Inc.
• Queensland government list of hardwood timber species
• Flindersia australis in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database
• BRAIN Brisbane Rainforest Asction & Information Network