| Bertya findlayi | |
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| (CC-BY 4.0, by Murray Fagg) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Endangered (FFG) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Bertya |
| Species: | B. findlayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bertya findlayi F.Muell. | |
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| Occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium (22 June 2019) | |
Bertya findlayi (common name mountain bertya) is a shrub in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Australia and found in the eastern states of Victoria and New South Wales. It is rare in both New South Wales and in Victoria where it is found found only in the Corryong area.
It was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller, from a specimen found "In vallibus profundis et at ripas silvaticas fluminis Hume-River, altitudine 2-4000'" (In the deep valleys and on the wooded banks of the Hume-River, at an altitude of 2-4000 feet).
Description
It is a shrub growing up to 2 metres high. Both flower buds and the young shoot tips are viscous. The young branchlets are covered with golden-yellow stellate hairs. The leaves are alternate, and narrow (20–46 mm long and 4–9 mm wide) and have recurved margins. The female flowers are sessile.
Habitat
It is found in moist forests and deep valleys and gullies.
References
- ^ "VicFlora: Bertya findlayi". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ T. A. James & G. J. Harden (2002). "Bertya findlayi F.Muell". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "Bertya findlayi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- "AVH The Australasian Virtual Herbarium: Bertya findlayi occurrence records". avh.ala.org.au. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ David A. Halford (21 June 2021). Chris Moon; Tony Orchard (eds.). "Bertya findlayi". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- "Bertya findlayi". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- Mueller, F.J.H. von (March 1874), Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 141
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