Kayea larnachiana

Kayea larnachiana F.Muell. (1887 January) . 
Synonym since ca. 2022: Mesua larnachiana (F.Muell.) Kosterm. (1969) .

Endangered wet tropics bio-region endemic (NE. Qld) .

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8),
as Mesua larnachiana (F.Muell.) Kosterm., quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., 
restricted to a small area between Cape Tribulation and Mossman. 
Altitudinal range from sea level to about 100 m.
Grows in well developed lowland rain forest.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Kayea larnachiana F.Muell. (1887 January): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/55567/api/apni-format  .
Synonym since ca. 2022: Mesua larnachiana (F.Muell.) Kosterm. (1969): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/96682/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2025 July 18th 

• Cooper Wendy E. & Frank A. Zich (2022 June 29) 
Reinstatement and revision of Kayea Wall. (Calophyllaceae) in Australia, including two new species from Queensland’s Wet Tropics bioregion.
Austrobaileya 12 : 1–13 .
Ful text PDF 3MB : https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0042/269979/cooper-zich-kayea-v12-1-13.pdf 
Viewed: 2025 July 18th .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
as Mesua larnachiana (F.Muell.) Kosterm. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Mesua_larnachiana.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/.
Viewed: 2025 July 18th .

• Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024 Dec. .  
Kayea larnachiana F.Muell. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Endangered" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government. 
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 18th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
Pages: 125 (–126) as Mesua larnachiana (F.Muell.) Kosterm. .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

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