Heliodendron basalticum
Species of legume
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Heliodendron basalticum is a species of tree native to the dry rainforests of Queensland, Australia.[1]
| Heliodendron basalticum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Heliodendron |
| Species: | H. basalticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliodendron basalticum (F.Muell.) Gill.K.Br. & Bayly (2022) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It was first described in 1859 as Acacia basaltica by Ferdinand von Mueller.[2][3] In 1883 George Bentham transferred it to the genus, Albizia.[2][4] In 1983 Ivan Nielsen and others transferred it to the genus, Archidendropsis.[2][5] In 2022 Gillian Brown and others assigned it to the new genus, Heliodendron.[2][6]
