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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
26 Jan 2025
Compare also with Backhousia subargentea (synonym: Choricarpia subargentea) .
Has stamens tomentose .
Also growing in the botanic gardens there .
Whereas Backhousia leptopetala has stamens glabrous (hairless) .
In these photographs so far i could not quite make out whether these stamens have hairs on them or not .
More possible candidate species especially in this Myrtaceae botanical family and a few more botanical families i suggest as candidates such as Cunoniaceae eg. Callicoma serratifolia .
To check .
Has stamens tomentose .
Also growing in the botanic gardens there .
Whereas Backhousia leptopetala has stamens glabrous (hairless) .
In these photographs so far i could not quite make out whether these stamens have hairs on them or not .
More possible candidate species especially in this Myrtaceae botanical family and a few more botanical families i suggest as candidates such as Cunoniaceae eg. Callicoma serratifolia .
To check .
Unverified Other fungus
Mike
wrote:
26 Jan 2025
Backhousia leptopetala is planted in Sections 125 and 65 NSW Rainforest. https://www.anbg.gov.au/fap/#/index
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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
26 Jan 2025
I guess from experience memories this possible candidate species ... :
Thank you Rosemary Purdie ( @RWPurdie ) for the experienced clear-thinking comment above just now, bringing me to look at this sighting just now .
Please carefully check out the flowers of :
*Backhousia leptopetala* (synonym: *Choricarpia leptopetala* ) – NatureMapr species page : Backhousia leptopetala .
Eg. @plants sighting : Backhousia leptopetala (Brush Turpentine) in Stanwell Park .
And let's check the botanic gardens plantings in the field and
in the gardens inventory if this species or a related species has been planted and grows as a tree here above this spot ?
Ref' to start with (in brief, without full citation):
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet :
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Backhousia~leptopetala
• Australian Plant Image Index photographs:
https://anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apiiName2?name=Backhousia+leptopetala
.
Thank you Rosemary Purdie ( @RWPurdie ) for the experienced clear-thinking comment above just now, bringing me to look at this sighting just now .
Please carefully check out the flowers of :
*Backhousia leptopetala* (synonym: *Choricarpia leptopetala* ) – NatureMapr species page : Backhousia leptopetala .
Eg. @plants sighting : Backhousia leptopetala (Brush Turpentine) in Stanwell Park .
And let's check the botanic gardens plantings in the field and
in the gardens inventory if this species or a related species has been planted and grows as a tree here above this spot ?
Ref' to start with (in brief, without full citation):
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet :
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Backhousia~leptopetala
• Australian Plant Image Index photographs:
https://anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apiiName2?name=Backhousia+leptopetala
.
Unverified Other fungus
RWPurdie
wrote:
26 Jan 2025
My guess is that the photo is of about seven 'spent' flowers that have fallen from a tree, the base of each flower (we're looking at them side-on) showing 2-3 yellowish sepals and bundles of purplish-brown stamens that have been caught up with each other to the form the single 'mass'. The anthers are very small but visible in a couple of the photos.
Unverified Other fungus
CathB
wrote:
24 Jan 2025
Very strange! The cone-shaped objects remind me of the reproductive structures of some thallose liverworts such as Asterella. It could have perhaps dropped from some epiphytic species growing above. The mass of filaments could be rhizoids.
Unverified Other fungus
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