Boehmeria calophleba

Boehmeria calophleba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Boehmeria
Species:	B. calophleba
Binomial name
	Boehmeria calophleba ; C.Moore & F.Muell. (1872)

Boehmeria calophleba is a flowering plant in the nettle family.

Description[]

It is a small tree growing to 6 m (20 ft). The lanceolate leaves are usually 60–90 mm (2.4–3.5 in) long and 25–40 mm (0.98–1.57 in) wide. The tiny white flowers, clustered at the branch ends, appear from October to April; the stamens spring out to release pollen. The dry fruits are 4 mm (0.16 in) long.^[1]^[2]

Distribution and habitat[]

The species is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Though generally uncommon, it is locally abundant in the moist forests of the southern parts of the Island, where it forms an association with Macropiper species on the north-western slopes of Mount Lidgbird.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c " Boehmeria calophleba ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-28.
^ ^a ^b Hutton, Ian (1998). The Australian Geographic Book of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Geographic. p. 145. ISBN 1-876276-27-4.

External links[]

"Boehmeria calophleba C.Moore & F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia.

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[abrs-1] " Boehmeria calophleba ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-28.

[agblhi-2] Hutton, Ian (1998). The Australian Geographic Book of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Geographic. p. 145. ISBN 1-876276-27-4.

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