Atractocarpus hirtus (hairy indigenous gardenia)

Atractocarpus hirtus (F.Muell.) Puttock (1999 July 10) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1000 m.
Grows as an under-storey plant in well developed lowland, upland and mountain 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):
Atractocarpus hirtus (F.Muell.) Puttock (1999 July 10): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/146883/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2025 September 13th .

• 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'): 
Atractocarpus hirtus (F.Muell.) Puttock fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Atractocarpus_hirtus.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 13th .

• Forster Paul I and D A Halford, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Atractocarpus hirtus (F.Muell.) Puttock – "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 . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (434–) 435 (–436) .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

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