Nothorites
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Nothorites
P.H. Weston
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N. megacarpus
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| Nothorites megacarpus (A.S.George & B.Hyland) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast
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Orites megacarpa A.S.George & B.Hyland |
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Nothorites is a genus of a sole described species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][2] The species Nothorites megacarpus grows naturally only in restricted mountain regions (endemic) of the wet tropics rain forests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[3][4]
The species was first formally scientifically described as Orites megacarpa in 1995 by Alex S. George and Bernie P. M. Hyland.[4] Genetic studies published in 2008 by Austin Mast and colleagues demonstrated that it was not correlated with other species in the genus Orites.[2] Instead it correlates with the group of Macadamia related species and genera.[2] Therefore, the new genus Nothorites was created and this species name combination was published.[2]
The species occurs in rainforests around Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis (both inland above Mossman) as well as Mount Bartle Frere at an altitude of 1100 to 1200 metres.[3][4]
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