| Desmos wardianus | |
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| Fruit | |
| Conservation status | |
| Least Concern (NCA) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Desmos |
| Species: | D. wardianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup | |
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Desmos wardianus is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It is a scrambling shrub or vine with a stem up to 8 cm (3.1 in) diameter. The leaves are simple and alternate and measure up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) wide. Flowers are about 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and greenish yellow, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The fruit takes the form of a cluster of apocarps, each about 7 mm (0.28 in) wide and 5 cm (2.0 in) long. It grows in drier rainforest types such as monsoon forest and gallery forest in the Top End region of the Northern Territory, and in Cape York Peninsula. It was first described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1902 as Unona wardiana, and transferred to the current name by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 1986.
Conservation
This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. As of 13 January 2025, it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
References
- ^ "Species profile—Desmos wardianus". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Desmos wardianus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Desmos wardianus (F.M.Bailey) Jessup". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- Jessup, L.W.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Desmos wardianus". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Desmos wardianus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- Cowie I, Lewis D, et al. "Desmos wardianus". FloraNT, Northern Territory Herbarium. Northern Territory Government, Darwin. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
External links
- View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver.com
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Desmos wardianus |
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| Unona wardiana | |