Hypsophila halleyana
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| Hypsophila halleyana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Hypsophila |
| Species: | H. halleyana |
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| Hypsophila halleyana | |
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Hypsophila halleyana is a species of plants in the family Celastraceae, found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a small stunted tree to about 12 m (39 ft) tall which grows only on the upper slopes of Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere, at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,600 m (4,300 and 5,200 ft). Despite its extremely restricted range it is not considered to be endangered. It was first described by German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1887.[4][5]
