Alectryon diversifolius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Alectryon |
Species: | A. diversifolius
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Binomial name | |
Alectryon diversifolius | |
Synonyms | |
Heterodendrum diversifolium F.Muell. |
Alectryon diversifolius , commonly named scrub boonaree or holly bush, is a species of Australian small trees of the plant family Sapindaceae. [3]
Alectryon diversifolius grows as a shrub up to 4 m high, with simple leaves often clustered on short branchlets. [4] Leaf shape is highly variable even on individual plants, ranging from oval to lanceolate to strongly serrated and holly-like. [3] [4]
The species occurs in central and south-eastern Qld and north-eastern N.S.W. Usually growing in Brigalow scrub in dark clay.
It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1858 as Heterodendrum diversifolius, [1] [5] but was moved to the genus, Alectryon by Sally T. Reynolds in 1987. [1] [2]