Alphitonia petriei (pink ash)

Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White (1925) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Probably endemic to Australia, occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld, central eastern Qld and southwards to north-eastern New South Wales.
Altitudinal range in CYP and NEQ from 100-1200 m.
Grows in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites but is more common in upland and mountain areas.
This species is favoured by disturbance and is a characteristic component of rain forest regrowth, often dominating the regrowth along new roads through rain forest.

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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):
Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White (1925): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/82935/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 September 11th .

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) 
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Alphitonia petriei

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 May 30th .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Alphitonia_petriei.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 11th .

• Bean Anthony R, Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2023.
Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2023 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 September 11th .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Alphitonia~petriei 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 September 11th .

• Bean Anthony R (2010 January 4) 
A revision of Alphitonia (Rhamnaceae) for Australia.
Muelleria 28 (1) : 3–17 . 
→ https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/media/3e0dwzga/muelleria_28-1-_p3-17-_bean-_alphitonia.pdf 
Viewed: 2025 September 12th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 423–424 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

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