Backhousia bancroftii (Johnstone River hardwood)

Backhousia bancroftii F.M.Bailey (1886) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., restricted to the area between Cooktown and Innisfail.
Altitudinal range from sea level to 700 m.
Grows in well developed rain forest, at times forming almost pure, even aged stands, particularly in the Johnstone River catchment.

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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):
Backhousia bancroftii F.M.Bailey (1886): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/103311/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 September 9th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Backhousia bancroftii F.M.Bailey fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Backhousia_bancroftii.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 9th .

• Bean Anthony R (Leptospermoideae) and Gordon P Guymer, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Backhousia bancroftii F.M.Bailey & F.Muell. ex F.M.Bailey – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
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 19th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 342 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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