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Accession Data:

Stenocarpus sinuatus (A. Cunn.) Endl.

  • Common Name: Firewheel Tree
  • Family: Proteaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Queensland, Australia
  • Habitat: warm coastal rainforest

  • Culture: Regular deep watering in summer, dislikes alkaline soils, needs good drainage.2
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000162
  • Source: Nindethana Seeds
  • Accession Date: 10-26-2010
  • Bench: 1218 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Proteales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • SubFamily: Grevilleoideae
  • Tribe: Embothrieae
  • SubTribe: Stenocarpinae

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New South Wales / Queensland

References (external):

  1. PlantNet - New South Wales Flora Online
  2. Desert Tropicals
  3. Image #1 is used with permission of the author, Ken Beath, © All Rights Reserved.
  4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.
  5. Stenocarpus sinuatus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.

data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:58:25 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Stenocarpus sinuatus

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Current Accessions in the Proteaceae

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Banksieae

  • Banksiinae: Banksia hookeriana
  • Banksiinae: Banksia serrata

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Embothrieae

  • Hakeinae: Grevillea leucopteris
  • Hakeinae: Hakea suaveolens
  • Lomatiinae: Lomatia myricoides
  • Stenocarpinae: Stenocarpus sinuatus

Subfamily Proteoideae
Tribe Proteeae

  • Protea cryophila
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea neriifolia
  • Protea repens
  • Protea scolymocephala
  • Protea venusta W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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