Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees and Shrubs.

A taxonomic revision of Actephila Blume (Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae) in Australia

“…This has been due to a number of factors, most notably the considerable accumulation of herbarium material (together with supporting spirit collections) during the 1980's and 1990's from previously known populations, and secondly continued botanical exploration of the rainforests of Australia that has resulted in the discovery of new populations and undescribed taxa. The presence of several of these undescribed species has been indicated in the allozyme study of Shapcott (1998) for a small number of species (A. grandifolia, A. lindleyi, A. vernicosa of this account), census accounts of the flora of Queensland (Forster & Henderson 1997;Forster & Halford 2002), and identification manuals to rainforest plants (Hyland et al 1999(Hyland et al , 2003Cooper & Cooper 2004).…”

A taxonomic revision of Ixora L. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Australia

“…Inflorescence small, comprising head-like cymes with many-flowers that are borne at the apices of short axillary branchlets; flowers surrounded by linear bracts; calyx lobes well developed, lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, elongate in fruit. Note : This section was previously thought to be endemic to Fiji where it is represented by four species (Fosberg 1942;Smith & Darwin 1988) Illustrations : Hyland et al (1999: Hyland et al ( , 2003.…”

Ficus carpentariensis - a new sandpaper fig for northern Australia and a revision of the F. opposita complex (Moraceae: Ficus subg. Ficus sect. Sycidium informal group F. copiosa)

“…Varietal identifi cation was based on leaf and syconia dimensions and the density of pubescence associated with the adaxial and abaxial surface of the leaf. Complicating matters further was the recognition by Hyland et al, (1999Hyland et al, ( , 2003 of the closely related taxon Ficus cumingii var. androbrota (Summerh.)…”