Androcalva fraseri (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock APNI* Synonyms: Commersonia fraseri J.Gay APNI*
Commerconia fraseri F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Small tree or shrub, lenticels not obvious.
Leaves ovate, lamina mostly 5–17 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, irregularly toothed with 2 or 3 teeth per cm, sometimes shortly lobed, lower surface tomentose, pale whitish grey; petiole usually 5–20 mm long.
Staminodes glabrous, as long as petals, lateral lobes linear, shortly fused to central lobe.
Capsule 15–25 mm diam., bristles 5–10 mm long, stellate-pubescent; fruits summer to autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in rainforest and moist eucalypt forest on the coast and adjacent ranges.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
This species was previously included in the genus Commersonia. It was transferred to the genus Androcalva, see Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (2011), A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 303-306
Text by G. J. Harden; A.E. Orme (2020)
Taxon concept: Wilkins and Whitlock (2011)
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