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Elaeocarpus carbinensis

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ65937362 ↗
Source-derived summary

Elaeocarpus carbinensis is a species of tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is endemic to Queensland.

Description

It can grow up to 30 metres tall, with blaze yellow, white, cream or brown coloured outer bark and simple, alternately arranged leaves. It has white and cream coloured flowers as well as ovoid/ellipsoid, dark blue or grey coloured drupaceous fruit.

Habitat and distribution

The species is restricted to the Carbine Tableland west of Mossman and has been recorded on Mt Spurgeon, Mt Lewis and Mt Misery at elevations ranging from 940–1260 m.

It occurs in notophyll vine forest and mixed mesophyll vine forest on soils derived from granite or a mixture of granite and basic volcanic rocks.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Elaeocarpus carbinensis” as species of plant. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1260—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Elaeocarpus, carbinensis and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of plant. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65937362. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1260.

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This entry incorporates text from “Elaeocarpus carbinensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.