Flindersia ifflana (Cairns hickory)

Flindersia ifflana F.Muell. (1877) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld..
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1100 m.
Grows in drier, more seasonal rain forest often associated with Kauri Pine (Agathis robusta),
also found in beach forest and low closed forest on old sand dunes.
Also occurs in New Guinea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References: 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Flindersia ifflana F.Muell. (1877): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/226111/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2026 April 16th . 

• 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'): 
Flindersia ifflana F.Muell. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Flindersia_ifflana.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 16th . 

• Forster Paul I, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
As: Flindersia ifflaiana F.Muell. – "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 and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 April 16th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (461–) 465 (–466) as Flindersia ifflaiana F. Muell. . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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