| Notelaea ipsviciensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Notelaea |
| Species: | N. ipsviciensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Notelaea ipsviciensis W.K.Harris, 2004[2] | |
Notelaea ipsviciensis, also known as the Cooneana Olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific epithet ipsviciensis refers to the type locality, of which it is a latinisation.[2]
Description
The species grows as a slow-growing, multi-stemmed, lignotuberous, evergreen shrub up to 1–2 m in height. The small flowers are cream-yellow in colour. Each fleshy, purple fruit is about 10 mm wide, enclosing a single seed.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The species is known only from three small populations in the Ipswich area of south-eastern Queensland. It is an understorey plant of open woodland, especially dry, eucalypt-dominated, sclerophyll communities on poor, sandstone-based soils.[1]
Conservation
The species has been listed under Australia's EPBC Act as Critically Endangered. The main threat comes from gross land disturbance from open-cut coal mining and clay extraction, particularly from the dumping of overburden.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Approved Conservation Advice for Notelaea ipsviciensis (Cooneana Olive)" (PDF). Threatened Species. Department of the Environment, Australia. 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- 1 2 Harris, Wayne K (2004). "Notelaea ipsviciensis (Oleaceae), a new species from south east Queensland". Austrobaileya. 6 (4): 973–976.