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Corokia carpodetoides (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm.
Family Argophyllaceae
Corokia carpodetoides (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm. APNI*

Synonyms: Colmeiroa carpodetoides F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Shrub to 2 m high, or rarely tree-like to c. 5 m. Young stems covered in short felted hairs.

Leaves alternate, somewhat crowded at ends of branches; lamina narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, (2–) 3.5–6 cm long, (0.8–) 1–2 cm wide, attenuate onto petiole, dentate in upper half, acute to obtuse, apiculate, shortly felted-hairy when young, with indumentum persisting below along midrib and margin, shiny light green above, yellowish green below.

Inflorescence terminal, corymbose, many-flowered. Sepals 5, triangular, 0.5–0.75 mm long. Petals 5, free, lanceolate, c. 3 mm long, acute, yellow. Ovary turbinate, 1.5–2 mm long, 1- or 2-locular.

Fruit ovoid, c. 3 mm long, becoming dry and brown, 1-seeded.


Type
Specimen

Flowering: December to January

Distribution and occurrence: Endemic to Lord Howe Island. Locally common on the upper parts of Mounts Gower and Lidgbird.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
AVH map***

Text by P.S. Green, P.G. Kodela, Flora of Australia Online [accessed 15 June 2023]. Added by K.L. Gibbons 15 June 2023.
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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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