Rank Species | Subfamily Mimosoideae Scientific name Archidendron hendersonii | |
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Similar Archidendron muellerianum, Archidendron, Archidendron lucyi, Archidendron bigeminum, Acronychia littoralis |
Archidendron hendersonii, the White Lace Flower or Tulip Siris is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia. A rare plant, listed as vulnerable. The plant is named after J.A. Henderson, who collected the original specimen at Ballina. It grows north from the Richmond River, New South Wales up to Cape Melville in tropical Queensland.
A tree up to 18 metres tall and a stem diameter of 60 cm. The former habitat of riverine and lowland sub-tropical rainforest in New South Wales is mostly destroyed for housing and agriculture.
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