Dichapetalum australianum


Dichapetalum australianum C.T.White (1942) . 

Cooper and Zich (2023) Dichapetalum Thouars (Dichapetalaceae) in Australia. 
Quotation: " 

Distribution & habitat.
Dichapetalum australianum is restricted to complex notophyll and mesophyll vine forest as well as riparian forest 
almost entirely within the Wet Tropics Bioregion
from the Tully River area north, and extending to Isabella Falls near Cooktown in the Cape York Bioregion,
at altitudes between sea level and 1130 m.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References: 

 

• Cooper Wendy E and Frank A Zich (2023) 
Dichapetalum Thouars (Dichapetalaceae) in Australia.
Australian Journal of Taxonomy 41: 1–14 . 
https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.cnplf
Viewed: 2026 April 3rd . 

 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Dichapetalum australianum C.T.White (1942): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/101541/api/apni-format . 
Dichapetalum ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Dichapetalum&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true 
Viewed: 2026 April 3rd . 

 

• 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'): 
As: Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Dichapetalum_papuanum.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 3rd . 

 

• Qld Herbarium (information source) (2026) 
Qld Government : WildNet: 
Taxon - Dichapetalum australianum → https://wildnet.science-data.qld.gov.au/taxon-detail?taxon_id=39859 
"Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Viewed: 2026 April 3rd . 

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 149–150 as Dichapetalum papuanum (Becc.) Boerl. (1890) . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 


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