Family:
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus:
Callitris Vent.

Callitris acuminata (Parl.) F.Muell.

This species is accepted, and its native range is SW. Australia.

[EDGE]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Actinostrobus acuminatus is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -3.45, which places it in position 567 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 7.91, ranked 326. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Western Australia

Callitris acuminata (Parl.) F.Muell. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M., Chase, M., [6389], Australia K000696257 No
Mar 1, 2001 Drummond, J. [225], Western Australia Actinostrobus acuminatus K000087512 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Pritzel, E. [119], Australia Actinostrobus acuminatus K000087510 No
May 1, 1998 Willis, J.H. [s.n.], Australia Actinostrobus acuminatus K000087508 No
Oct 1, 1997 Farjon, A. [360], Australia Actinostrobus acuminatus K000087507 No
Oct 1, 1996 Wilson, P.G. [3807], Australia Actinostrobus acuminatus K000087509 No

First published in Syst. Census Austral. Pl. 1: 109 (1882)

Not accepted by

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Actinostrobus acuminatus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Actinostrobus acuminatus.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0