Mountain correa
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Correa lawrenceana var. latrobeana in Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Correa |
| Species: | C. lawrenceana |
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Correa lawrenceana Hook. |
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Correa lawrenceana, commonly known as mountain correa, is a shrub or small tree of the family Rutaceae that is endemic to Australia.
Correa lawrenceana grows to between 0.6 and 9 metres in height, and has leaves with a shiny, dark-green upper surface which are 2.5 to 10.5 cm in length and about 1 to 7 cm wide. The flowers are produced during the winter and spring and also sporadically throughout the year and are typically yellow-green although other colour forms are known.
The species was first described in 1834 by English botanist William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Correa lawrenciana. The specific epithet honours Tasmanian botanist Robert William Lawrence (1807-1833) who, together with Ronald Gunn, collected the plant material sent to Hooker. The spelling of the name was standardised to Correa lawrenceana under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature in 1998.
A subgenus of Correa (Correa subgenus Persistens Othman, Duretto and G.J. Jord.) was formally described in 2011 comprising two species, C. lawrenceana and C. baeuerlenii Unlike other Correa species, C. lawrenciana does not readily form hybrids with other species.
Eight varieties are currently recognised:
The species is found in rainforest and sclerophyll forest in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
The flowers are presumed to be pollinated by either birds or bees.
Correa lawrenceana is suited to a cool, moist, partly shaded position and is known to tolerate frost and snow. It can be used as a screening plant and will attract honeyeaters to the garden. Plants are easily propagated from cuttings, whereas seed can be difficult.
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