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The list of threatened plants of Australia Queensland includes all plant species listed as critically endangered or endangered in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana , and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the ...
Codiaeum variegatum is an evergreen and monoecious tropical shrub growing to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall, with thick, somewhat "leathery" and shiny, alternately-arranged leaves.The foliage may measure anywhere from 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) long by 0.5–8 cm (0.20–3.15 in) broad.
Eugenia uniflora, the pitanga, [5] Suriname cherry, [6] Brazilian cherry, [5] Cayenne cherry, [7] cerisier carré, [8] monkimonki kersie, ñangapirí, [9] or shimarucu [10] is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to tropical South America’s east coast, ranging from Suriname, French Guiana to southern Brazil, as well as Uruguay and parts of Paraguay and Argentina.
Hakea (/ ˈ h ɑː k i ə, ˈ h eɪ k i ə / HAH-kee-ə, HAY-) is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to Australia.They are shrubs or small trees with leaves that are sometimes flat, otherwise circular in cross section in which case they are sometimes divided.
Hedge bindweed is an herbaceous perennial that twines in a counter-clockwise direction to a height of up to 3 m (10 ft). The leaves are arranged alternately on the spiralling stem; they are dull green above and paler below, simple and sagittate (arrowhead shaped), 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 3–7 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad.
Buxus sempervirens is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing 1 to 9 m (3 to 30 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 20 centimetres (8 in) in diameter (exceptionally to 10 m tall and 45 cm diameter [6]). Arranged in opposite pairs along the stems, the leaves are green to yellow-green, oval, 1.5–3 cm long, and 0.5–1.3 cm broad.
Ficus benjamina, commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig [3] or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to Asia and Australia. [4] It is the official tree of Bangkok. The species is also naturalized in the West Indies and in the states of Florida and Arizona in the ...