Austrobaileya is a genus of flowering plants native to Queensland state in northeastern Australia, consisting of two species of evergreen lianas, A. maculata and A. scandens. Austrobaileya is the sole genus in family Austrobaileyaceae. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Austrobaileyales are an order of basal flowering plants comprising the following families: Family Austrobaileyaceae Family Trimeniaceae Family Illiciaceae (star anise) Family Schisandraceae (schisandra, kadsura) This essentially corresponds to the order Illiciales in the older Cronquist system, which only included the last two families. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... A liana is woody climber. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...

Austrobaileya vines are woody and evergreen. Its main stem is loosely twining, with extending straight, leafy branches. The leaves of Austrobaileya are evergreen, leathery, veined and simple. Essential oils in spherical ethereal oil cells within the leaves. An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aromatic compounds extracted from plants. ...

Austrobaileya foliage tends to 'burn' in direct sunlight, so it prefers to stay well beneath the rainforest canopy where it enjoys living in low-sunlight, wet and damp areas. Austrobaileya, like many other flowing plants growing in the low-light of tropical rainforest understory, does not have palisade mesophyll tissue or low leaf photosynthetic rates. It relies strongly on vegetative reproduction for continuation of the species. The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ... A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). ...

A. scandens is found only in the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, and is rare and endemic to the area. It is the oldest flowering plant in Australia that requires pollination. Austrobaileya is one of many primitive plants found in the Daintree that have braved millions of years of climatic change and disasters and have managed to survive into the modern world as a reflection of the prehistoric period. Daintree Rainforest is a rainforest near Daintree, Queensland in Australia, named after Richard Daintree. ... Honeybee and bumblebee pollinating a Sedum telephium Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (male gametes) to the plant carpel, the structure that contains the ovule (female gamete). ...

A. scandens is well adapted to the Daintree, where it can wind around the tall woody trees which form the rainforest canopy. The tropical, damp, humid, and low-light understory of the rainforest where A. scandens is confined is perfect for its photosynthesis, which is adapted to the low-light conditions of the rainforest. Leaf. ...

A. scandens can grow up to 15m (50 ft). The plant has a distinctive blue-green colour foliage. Austrobaileya flowers are distinctive, arranged in a spiral with pale green petals. Austrobaileya flowers can be described as large and solitary and are pollinated by flies. To attract flies, A. scandens’ flowers release a smell like rotting fish. Fly can refer to any of the following things: A fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera. ...

A. scandens contains fruit, growing from its vines. The fruit is apricot-coloured and contain tightly packed seeds in the shape of chestnuts. The fruit is shaped in a similar fashion to that of a pear or eggplant. Fruit from Austrobaileya has been known to grow to sizes of 7 cm in length by 5 cm. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of fruits. ... A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. ... Species - Bush Chinkapin* - Japanese Chestnut - American Chestnut - Henrys Chestnut - Chinese Chestnut - Ozark Chinkapin - Alleghany Chinkapin - Sweet Chestnut - Seguins Chestnut * treated as a synonym of by many authors Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family... Species About 30 species, including: Pyrus amygdaliformis Pyrus austriaca Pyrus balansae Pyrus betulifolia Pyrus bourgaeana Pyrus bretschneideri Pyrus calleryana Pyrus caucasica Pyrus communis Pyrus cordata Pyrus cossonii Pyrus elaeagrifolia Pyrus fauriei Pyrus kawakamii Pyrus korshinskyi Pyrus lindleyi Pyrus nivalis Pyrus pashia Pyrus persica Pyrus phaeocarpa Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus... Binomial name Solanum esculentum Drege ex Dun. ...

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• UCONN Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conservatory