Comparative wood anatomy of Eucryphia wilkiei and E. jinksii (Cunoniaceae): two narrow endemics from Queensland, Australia

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doi:10.1071/BT04046

Comparative wood anatomy of Eucryphia wilkiei and E. jinksii (Cunoniaceae): two narrow endemics from Queensland, Australia

Imogen Poole ^A ^D, Richard W. Barnes ^B ^C

^A Wood Anatomy Section, National Herbarium of The Netherlands, University of Utrecht Branch, PO Box 80102, Utrecht 3585 CS, The Netherlands & Palaeontological Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway.
^B School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, PO Box 252-55, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.
^C Present address: Forest Practices Board, 30 Patrick Street, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia.
^D Corresponding author. Email: i.poole@geo.uu.nl





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Australian Journal of Botany 52(6) 739–745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT04046
Submitted: 26 March 2004 Accepted: 6 August 2004 Published online: 24 December 2004

Abstract

Qualitative and quantitative wood anatomical data are given for two narrow Queensland endemic Eucryphia species, E. wilkiei B.Hyland and Eucryphia jinksii P.I.Forst. Comparisons of wood anatomy of all extant Eucryphia taxa show that E. jinksii and E. wilkiei are distinct from each other, and other Eucryphia species. However, for both species characters relating to perforation plates, helical thickening (E. wilkiei only) and fibres are shared with the South American species, whereas the presence of crystals in the axial parenchyma is shared only with the Australian species. These data suggest that, based on wood anatomy, E. jinksii and E. wilkiei are basal among Australian species.