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| Aceratium ferrugineum flowering; cultivated plant at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 11 Dec 2011, by Tatiana Gerus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Aceratium DC. |
| Type species | |
| Aceratium oppositifolium DC. | |
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Aceratium is a genus of about 20 species of trees and shrubs of eastern Malesia and Australasia from the family Elaeocarpaceae. In Australia they are commonly known as carabeens. They grow naturally in rainforests, as large shrubs to understorey trees and large trees.
They grow naturally in New Guinea, the centre of diversity, in New Britain, New Ireland, Vanuatu, Sulawesi, Moluccas, and in Australia, where botanists have formally described five species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland.
Some species have uses for their fruits as food and, although not yet well known, some have popularity in cultivation, for example in Brisbane.
Selected species
- Aceratium archboldianum A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
- Aceratium braithwaitei (F.Muell.) Schltr. – New Guinea
- Aceratium brassii A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
- Aceratium concinnum (S.Moore) C.T.White – Qld, Australia
- Aceratium doggrellii C.T.White – Qld, Australia
- Aceratium ferrugineum C.T.White – Qld, Australia
- Aceratium ledermannii Schltr. – New Guinea, New Britain
- Aceratium megalospermum (F.Muell.) Balgooy – Qld, Australia
- Aceratium muellerianum Schltr. – New Guinea
- Aceratium oppositifolium DC. – Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea region: Kai Islands through to the Santa Cruz group, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands
- Aceratium pachypetalum Schltr. – W New Guinea
- Aceratium parvifolium Schltr. – New Guinea
- Aceratium pittosporoides Schltr.; Syn: A. breviflorum Schltr. – New Guinea
- Aceratium sericeum A.C.Sm. – W New Guinea
- Aceratium sericoleopsis Balgooy – Qld, Australia
- Aceratium sinuatum Coode – New Guinea
- Aceratium sphaerocarpum Kaneh. & Hatus.; Syn: A. erythrocarpum A.C.Sm. – New Guinea
- Aceratium tomentosum Coode – New Guinea
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References
- ^ Coode, Mark J. E. (1995) . "Elaeocarpaceae". In Henty, E. E. (ed.). Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. (Digitised, online, freely available via www.pngplants.org). Vol. 2 (reprinted ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 39–51. ISBN 0-522-84204-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Aceratium%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- Conn, Barry J. (2013) . "Aceratium" (Online, from pngplants.org/PNGCensus). Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Elaeocarpaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 157. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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