# Flindersia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flindersia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flindersia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flindersia > Source revision: 1286631312 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Flindersia brayleyana IMG 2048.jpg | image_caption = ''[Flindersia brayleyana](/source/Flindersia_brayleyana)'' in Brisbane | taxon = Flindersia | authority= [R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(Scottish_botanist_from_Montrose)){{cite web |title=''Flindersia'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/87574 |website=Australian Plant Census |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) |accessdate=14 July 2020}} |type_species = Flindersia australis |type_species_authority = R.Br.{{R|APC}} |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Oxleya'' [Hook.](/source/Hook.) * ''Strzeleckia'' [Benth.](/source/Benth.) [orth. var.](/source/orth._var.) * ''Strzeleckya'' [F.Muell.](/source/F.Muell.) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Flindersia''''' is a genus of 17 species of small to large trees in the family [Rutaceae](/source/Rutaceae). They have simple or [pinnate](/source/Pinnation) leaves, flowers arranged in [panicle](/source/panicle)s at or near the ends of branchlets and fruit that is a woody [capsule](/source/Capsule_(botany)) containing winged seeds. They grow naturally in Australia, the [Moluccas](/source/Moluccas), New Guinea and New Caledonia. ==Description== Trees in the genus ''Flindersia'' have simple or pinnate leaves with up to sixteen leaflets, the side leaflets arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles at the ends of branchlets or in upper leaf axils and have five [sepal](/source/sepal)s and five [petal](/source/petal)s. The flowers are [bisexual](/source/Plant_reproductive_morphology), or sometimes only have [stamen](/source/stamen)s. There are five stamens opposite the sepals, alternating with five [staminode](/source/staminode)s. The [ovary](/source/Ovary_(botany)) has five [locules](/source/Ovary_(botany)) and is more or less spherical with five shallow lobes and there are between four and six [ovule](/source/ovule)s in each locule. The fruit is a woody capsule splitting into five and contains brown, winged seeds.{{cite web |last1=Porteners |first1=M. F. |title=Genus ''Flindersia'' |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Flindersia |website=PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney |accessdate=15 July 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Flindersia |title=''Flindersia'' |last1=Hartley |first1=T.G. |year=2022 |editor-last1=Wilson |editor-first1=A.J.G. |website=[Flora of Australia](/source/Flora_of_Australia) |publisher=[Australian Biological Resources Study](/source/Australian_Biological_Resources_Study), Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=15 July 2020}} ==Taxonomy== The genus ''Flindersia'' was first formally described in 1814 by [Robert Brown](/source/Robert_Brown_(Scottish_botanist_from_Montrose)) in [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders)' sea voyage journal ''[A Voyage to Terra Australis](/source/A_Voyage_to_Terra_Australis)''.{{cite web|title=''Flindersia''|url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/507771 |website=[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) |access-date=15 July 2020}} ===Species list=== {{As of|2025|4}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts the following 17 species:{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26731-1 |title=''Flindersia'' F.L.Bauer |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=21 April 2025}} * ''[Flindersia acuminata](/source/Flindersia_acuminata)'' [C.T.White](/source/C.T.White) – silver silkwood, silver maple (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia amboinensis](/source/Flindersia_amboinensis)'' [Poir.](/source/Poir.) – ([Moluccas](/source/Moluccas) to New Guinea) * ''[Flindersia australis](/source/Flindersia_australis)'' [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.) – Australian teak, crows ash (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[Flindersia bennettii](/source/Flindersia_bennettii)'' [F.Muell.](/source/F.Muell.) ex [C.Moore](/source/C.Moore) – Bennett's ash (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[Flindersia bourjotiana](/source/Flindersia_bourjotiana)'' F.Muell. – Queensland silver ash (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia brassii](/source/Flindersia_brassii)'' [T.G.Hartley](/source/Thomas_Gordon_Hartley) & [B.Hyland](/source/B.Hyland) – hard scented maple, Claudie River scented maple – (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia brayleyana](/source/Flindersia_brayleyana)'' F.Muell. – Queensland maple, maple silkwood (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia collina](/source/Flindersia_collina)'' [F.M.Bailey](/source/F.M.Bailey) – broad-leaved leopard tree (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[Flindersia dissosperma](/source/Flindersia_dissosperma)'' (F.Muell.) [Domin](/source/Karel_Domin) – scrub leopardwood (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia fournieri](/source/Flindersia_fournieri)'' [Pancher](/source/Jean_Armand_Isidore_Pancher) & [Sebert](/source/Hippolyte_Sebert) – (New Caledonia) * ''[Flindersia ifflana](/source/Flindersia_ifflana)'' F.Muell. – hickory ash, Cairns hickory (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia laevicarpa](/source/Flindersia_laevicarpa)'' C.T.White & [W.D.Francis](/source/William_Douglas_Francis) * ''[Flindersia maculosa](/source/Flindersia_maculosa)'' (Lindl.) [Benth.](/source/Benth.) – leopardwood, leopard tree (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[Flindersia oppositifolia](/source/Flindersia_oppositifolia)'' (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & [Laurence W. Jessup](/source/Laurence_W._Jessup) – mountain silkwood (Qld.) * ''[Flindersia pimenteliana](/source/Flindersia_pimenteliana)'' F.Muell. – maple silkwood, rose silkwood (New Guinea, Qld.) * ''[Flindersia schottiana](/source/Flindersia_schottiana)'' F.Muell. – silver ash, cudgerie, bumpy ash (New Guinea, Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[Flindersia xanthoxyla](/source/Flindersia_xanthoxyla)'' ([A.Cunn.](/source/A.Cunn.) ex [Hook.](/source/Hook.)) Domin – yellowwood, long jack (Qld., N.S.W.) ==Distribution and habitat== Many species of ''Flindersia'' grow in rainforest. Of the seventeen species, fifteen occur in Australia, twelve of which are [endemic](/source/Endemism). ==Uses== Some species yield timbers that are widely used for flooring and cabinet work. ==Gallery== {{Gallery |mode=packed |File:Flindersia xanthoxyla.jpg|Capsule of ''F. xanthoxyla'' |Image:Flindersia_australis_Crows_Nest.jpg |Fruit capsule of ''F. australis'' |File:Flindersia-schottiana-SF22319-03.jpg|Ripening fruit of ''F. schottiana'' |File:Flindersia-pimenteliana-SF22328-07.jpg|Flowers of ''F. pimenteliana'' }} ==References== {{Reflist |30em}} ==Further reading== {{Refbegin |30em}} *{{cite Q |Q133863530 |mode=cs1 |contributor-last=Brown |contributor-first=Robert |contributor-link=Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) |last=Flinders |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Flinders |contribution=Appendix III: General Remarks, Geographical and Systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis |contribution-url=https://archive.org/details/voyageTerraAustv2Flin/page/533 |pages=533–612 }} {{Refend}} ==External links== {{Commonscat}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080722222749/http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/7680.html Queensland government list of hardwood timber species] * [http://www.botanical-dermatology-database.info/BotDermFolder/RUTA.html#FlindersiaAustralis ''Flindersia australis''] in Botanical Dermatology Database * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220320134539/http://www.brisrain.org.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=221 BRAIN Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network] {{Taxonbar|from=Q116479}} Category:Flindersia Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Category:Zanthoxyloideae genera --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flindersia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flindersia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flindersia?action=history)). 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