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Helicia nortoniana

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Proteaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Proteales

Genus
  
Helicia

Helicia nortoniana, also named Norton's silky oak, is a species of rainforest trees, of north–eastern Queensland, Australia, and constitutes part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.

Botanists know of them growing naturally only (endemic) in the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region, from about 0 to 1,000 m (0 to 3,281 ft) altitude.

They have been recorded growing up to about 20 m (66 ft) tall.

References

Helicia nortoniana Wikipedia