Global InformationDansiea elliptica information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Dansiea |
| Species: | D. elliptica
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| Binomial name | |
| Dansiea elliptica Byrnes
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Dansiea elliptica is a species of rainforest tree which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. The species, which occurs within two highly disjunct centres of distribution, is primarily found in drier notophyll vine forests and semi evergreen vine thickets in the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Central Queensland. The species is listed as Near Threatened under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act (1992) and has a total area of occupancy of less than 40 square km.[1][2]
One of only two species in its genus along with Dansiea grandiflora, Dansiea elliptica was first described by N.B. Byrnes in Austrobaileya Vol.1 on page 385 in 1981.[1][2] The genus name honours Sam Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Dansiea Byrnes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Species profile—Dansiea elliptica". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Austrobaileya Volume 1 number 4. Australia: Queensland Herbarium. 1981. p. 385. ISSN 0155-4131.