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Alloxylon pinnatum (Maiden & Betche) P.H.Weston & Crisp
Family Proteaceae
Common name: waratah oak, Dorrigo waratah

Alloxylon pinnatum (Maiden & Betche) P.H.Weston & Crisp APNI*

Synonyms: Oreocallis pinnata (Maiden & Betche) Sleumer APNI*

Description: Dorrigo Waratah Tree to 24 m high, almost glabrous. Leaves mostly pinnate; usually some simple leaves present below conflorescences. Pinnate leaves usually 10–40 cm long, 2–11-foliolate; leaflets and simple leaves narrow-elliptic, usually 8–15 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, glabrous, tapered to both ends; ± petiolate. Conflorescences open to rather condensed, 50–140-flowered; bracts subulate to (lower down) leaf-like; pedicels 3–6 cm long. Perianth 3–4 cm long, bright pink outside, more intensely coloured inside. Follicle 5–9 cm long; seeds with wing, to c. 3 cm long. Grows in warm-temperate rainforest or

Leaves mostly pinnate; usually some simple leaves present below conflorescences. Pinnate leaves usually 10–40 cm long, 2–11-foliolate; leaflets and simple leaves narrow-elliptic, usually 8–15 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, glabrous, tapered to both ends; ± petiolate.

Conflorescences open to rather condensed, 50–140-flowered; bracts subulate to (lower down) leaf-like; pedicels 3–6 cm long. Perianth 3–4 cm long, bright pink outside, more intensely coloured inside.

Follicle 5–9 cm long; seeds with wing, to c. 3 cm long.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Habit
Photo J. Plaza

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in warm-temperate rainforest or rarely in wet sclerophyll forest, on escarpment ranges above 700 m altitude, Missabotti, Dorrigo and Mt Hyland areas, and the McPherson Ra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by P. H. Weston & M. D. Crisp
Taxon concept: A.J.G. Wilson, H.J. Hewson & J. Mowatt (1995)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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