Pararchidendron pruinosum var. pruinosum (Snow Wood)


Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen var. pruinosum (1984) . 
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (1983) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., central eastern Qld. and southwards as far as south eastern NSW. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1000 m.
Grows in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites.
Also occurs in Malesia.

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Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

In subtropical rain forest, littoral rain forest, warm temperate rain forest and dry rain forest; 
north from Nowra, N.S.W., to Mt Webb (near Cooktown), N Qld; also N.G and C. Malesia.

Notes:

Within Pararchidendron pruinosum 4 varieties are recognized;
the type variety is the only one in Australia.

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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): 
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen var. pruinosum (1984): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/116693/api/apni-format .
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (1983):  → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/116514/api/apni-format . 
Pararchidendron ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Pararchidendron&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true 
Viewed: 2025 December 3rd .


• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Pararchidendron pruinosum var. pruinosum 

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/ 
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2025 December 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'): 
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Pararchidendron_pruinosum.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 December 3rd .

 

• Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen – "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 September 19th . 

 

• https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/plants_se_nsw.old_2019_01-11_delme/key/plants_se_nsw/Media/Html/entities/pararchidendron_pruinosum_var._pruinosum.htm 

 

• Flora of NSW online PlantNET:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Pararchidendron pruinosum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen var. pruinosum: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Pararchidendron~pruinosum 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 December 3rd . 

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 314–315 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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