Species of tree in the family Calycanthaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia
Idiospermum
Habit in cultivation
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Magnoliids
Order:
Laurales
Family:
Calycanthaceae
Genus:
Idiospermum S.T.Blake[4]
Species:
I. australiense
Binomial name
Idiospermum australiense
(Diels) S.T.Blake[2][3]
Idiospermum is a monotypic genus (that is, a genus that contains only one species) in the family Calycanthaceae. The sole included species is Idiospermum australiense − commonly known as idiotfruit, ribbonwood, or dinosaur tree − which is found only in two small areas of the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a relic of the ancient forests of Gondwana, surviving in very localised refugia for 120 million years, and displaying features (of the flowers in particular) that are almost identical to fossil records from that time. As such it provides an important insight into the very early evolution of flowering plants.
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Idiospermum is a monotypic genus (that is, a genus that contains only one species) in the family Calycanthaceae. The sole included species is Idiospermum...
increase in CO(2) evolution in seeds of the rare tropical rainforest tree Idiospermum australiense." New Phytologist 159(1): 253-261. Will Edwards; Paul Gadek;...
They are aromatic, deciduous shrubs growing to 2–4 m tall, except for Idiospermum, which is a large evergreen tree. The flowers are white to red, with...
may have had a Gondwanan origin. The sole Australian representative, Idiospermum australiense, would then represent an ancient relic, probably having...
the trees. The primitive flowering plants Austrobaileya scandens and Idiospermum australiense are also endemic to the Daintree. However, The Daintree...
large shrub native to upper chaparral in California and Baja California Idiospermum australiense, an Australian tree Genus Hoheria, also known as lacebark...
red fruit compared to other rainforest fruits Cassowaries. Idiot fruit Idiospermum australiense Daintree lowlands, Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle...
(Monimiaceae), Grana 26: 127–133. Foreman, D.B. (1988). Wood anatomy of Idiospermum australiense (Diels) S.T. Blake, Proc. Ecologicial Soc. of Australia...
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