| white carabeen | |
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| Flowers | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Sloanea |
| Species: | S. langii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sloanea langii F.Muell. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sloanea langii, commonly known as white carabeen, is a species of plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae found only in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a large tree up to 35 m (115 ft) tall with large buttress roots. The leaves are generally about 6–14 cm (2.4–5.5 in) long and 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) wide, and held on a petiole up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Flowers have four white sepals and four white petals, about 50–90 stamens, and an ovary that is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The dehiscent fruit have 3 or 4 valves with generally one seed per valve. They are bronze/yellow and densely covered in bristles.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1865.
Conservation
This species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.
References
- ^ Louden, M. (2024). "Sloanea langii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T239633530A239633532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T239633530A239633532.en. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Sloanea langii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Sloanea langii F.Muell". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Sloanea langii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- Coode, M.J.E. (1983). "A conspectus of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) in the Old World". Kew Bulletin. 38 (3): 347–427. doi:10.2307/4107835. JSTOR 4107835.
- Mueller, Ferdinand von (1865). Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ (in Latin). Vol. 5. Melbourne: Joannis Ferres. p. 28. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- "Species profile—Sloanea langii". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 8 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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| Sloanea langii | |