Dansiea grandiflora
Dansiea grandiflora is a species of rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is known to exist only within a limited zone of notophyll vine forest on Cape York Peninsula. It is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act (1992). One of only two species in the Dansiea genus along with Dansiea elliptica, Dansiea grandiflora was first described by Leslie Pedley in Flora of Australia Volume 18 (1990) from a specimen in relatively poor condition. Paul Irwin Forster later collected higher quality specimens from which he provided an amplified botanical description of the species in 1994. The genus name honours Sam Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector. Description Dansiea grandiflora is a tree that grows up to high. It has bark that is whitish in tone and lacks any significant distinguishing features. Its branches sit erect bearing petiolate leaves with upper and lower surfaces of different colours. The leaves initially feature adpressed trichomes but later become glabrescent except for upon the midrib below. The petiole is long and approximately wide. The leaf blade can be oblong, elliptic or obovate and is sized approximately long and wide. The form of its tip can be acute