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'''''Commersonia fraseri''''', commonly known as '''Blackfellow's Hemp''' or '''Brush Kurrajong''' is a common shrub or small tree of the [[malvaceae|mallow]] family found in eastern |
'''''Commersonia fraseri''''', commonly known as '''Blackfellow's Hemp''' or '''Brush Kurrajong''' is a common shrub or small tree of the [[malvaceae|mallow]] family found in eastern Australia.<ref name=plantnet>{{cite web |title=Commersonia fraseri|work= PlantNET - NSW Flora Online|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Commersonia~fraseri|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> Growing up to 8 metres tall, it is found in [[rainforest]] margins or in wet [[eucalyptus]] forests. |
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Commersonia fraseri, commonly known as Blackfellow's Hemp or Brush Kurrajong is a common shrub or small tree of the mallow family found in eastern Australia.[1] Growing up to 8 metres tall, it is found in rainforest margins or in wet eucalyptus forests.
Taxonomy
The French naturalist Jacques Etienne Gay was the first to name the species in 1823.[2] The genus is named after the French naturalist Philibert Commerson, and the species name honours the Colonial botanist of New South Wales Charles Fraser.[3] Vernacular names include brush kurrajong and blackfellows hemp.[2]
A 2011 molecular analysis of segments of chloroplast DNA found that the genera Commersonia and Rulingia formed a monophyletic group but that the member species were intermingled, and split out into two hitherto unrecognised clades.[4] C. fraseri belongs to a clade which has been reclassified as a new genus Androcalva, and hence its new binomial name is Androcalva fraseri.[5]
Description
Commersonia fraseri grows as a 2 or 3 m (7-10 ft) shrub,[6] or small tree to 8 m (25 ft) high. Arranged alternately along the stems,[3] the ovate leaves have irregularly toothed margins and are 5–17 cm (2–6.5 in) long and 2–7 cm (0.8–2.4 in) wide. The leaf undersides are whitish, and covered in a fine fur.[1] Flowering peaks in September and continues till November.[7] The small white flowers are arranged in clusters. Flowering is followed by the development of fruit which are 1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.6-1 in) long.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Commersonia fraseri is found in rainforest and wet eucalypt forest along and east of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales[1] and southeastern Queensland.[3] In the latter habitat, it is associated with trees such as rough-barked apple (Angophora floribunda), turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera), and Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna).[7] A fast-growing plant, it is able to colonise disturbed ground,[7] particularly areas where vegetation has been partly cleared such as under power lines.[6]
It is an adult host plant for the chrysomelid beetle Podagra submetallica.[8]
Cultivation
Commersonia fraseri has been propagated readily from cuttings taken in winter, and grows better with extra moisture in cultivation.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Commersonia fraseri". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ a b "Commersonia fraseri J.Gay". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b c d Lodder, Mark (16 December, 2003). "Growing Native Plants: Commersonia fraseri". Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Whitlock, Barbara A.; Hale, Amanda M.; Indorf, Jane L.; Wilkins, Carolyn F. (2011). "Polyphyly of Rulingia and Commersonia (Lasiopetaleae, Malvaceae s.l.)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (5): 215–25. doi:10.1071/SB09030.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wilkins, Carolyn F.; Whitlock, Barbara A. (2011). "A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (5): 284–349. doi:10.1071/SB10032.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2000). Native Plants of the Sydney District:An Identification Guide (2nd ed.). Kenthurst, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-7318-1031-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Benson, Doug; McDougall, Lyn (2001). "Ecology of Sydney plant species Part 8: Dicotyledon families Rutaceaae to Zygophyllaceae" (PDF). Cunninghamia. 7 (2): 241–462.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (2005). "Three new host plants for the Australian leaf beetle Podagrica submetallica (Blackburn, 1894) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)" (PDF). Calodema. 4: 19–22.
External links
Media related to Commersonia fraseri at Wikimedia Commons
