Mallotus surculosus

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Mallotus surculosus P.I.Forst. (1999 December 29) .

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

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to Queensland, occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld..
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 450 m.
Grows in monsoon forest and drier rain forest.
This species is favoured by disturbance and is a typical regrowth species in these areas.

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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):
Mallotus surculosus P.I.Forst. (1999 December 29): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/167156/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2026 April 20th .

• 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'):
Mallotus surculosus P.I.Forst. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Mallotus_surculosus.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 20th .

• Forster Paul I and David A Halford, Qld Herbarium (2026)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Mallotus surculosus P.I.Forst. – "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 20th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June)
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (188, 189–) 191 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

• Forster Paul I (1999 December 29)
A taxonomic revision of Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia.
Austrobaileya 5 (3) : 457–497 .
→ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41738925 .
Viewed: 2026 April 20th .