{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Speciesbox |name = Atherton penda |image = Xanthostemon-whitei-SF23026-01.jpg |image_caption = In rainforest near Cairns, Queensland |status = LC |status_system = QLDNCA |status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}} |taxon = Xanthostemon whitei |authority = Gugerli{{R|APNI|POWO}} |range_map = |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} |synonyms = *''Xanthostemon pubescens'' {{small|C.T.White}} }}
'''''Xanthostemon whitei''''', commonly known as '''Atherton penda''' or '''red penda''', is a species of plants in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a large evergreen rainforest tree up to {{cvt|45|m}} tall and a trunk diameter of up to {{cvt|3|m}}. Old trees have large buttresses and the trunk is marked by small hollows where bark has been shed. It was first described (informally) by Cyril Tenison White in 1917, and later formally described by German botanist Karl Gugerli.{{R|RFK|WILSON|YLCG|WHITE}}
Its very hard timber meant that early timber cutters ignored the trees, and many large specimens can still be seen in the region's National Parks.{{R|YLCG|INAT}}
==Conservation== This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.{{R|DESQLD}} {{As of|2024|12}}, it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
==References== {{Reflist|28em|refs= <ref name="DESQLD">{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=15885 |title=Species profile—''Xanthostemon whitei'' |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/55235 |title=''Xanthostemon whitei'' |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:602819-1 |title=''Xanthostemon whitei'' Gugerli |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Xanthostemon_whitei.htm |title=''Xanthostemon whitei'' |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="WHITE">{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=C.T. |title=A new species of ''Xanthostemon'' (nat. ord. Myrtaceae) from north Queensland |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland |date=1917 |volume=29 |page=57 |doi=10.5962/p.351430 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13908201|doi-access=free }}</ref>
<ref name="WILSON">{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=P.G. |title=A revision of the genus ''Xanthostemon'' (Myrtaceae) in Australia |journal=Telopea |date=1990 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=451–476 |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/emuwebnswlive/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=63662&reftable=ebibliography |format=PDF}}</ref>
<ref name="YLCG">{{cite web |title=Atherton Penda |url=https://petersoncreek.org.au/atherton-penda/ |website=Peterson Creek |date=19 November 2022 |publisher=Yungaburra Landcare Group Inc. |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="INAT">{{cite web |title=Xanthostemon whitei |url=https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=488754 |website=iNaturalist AU |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commonscat}} * [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Xanthostemon+whitei#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium * [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=488754 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist * [https://flickriver.com/search/Xanthostemon+whitei View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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whitei Category:Least concern flora of Australia Category:Endemic flora of Queensland<!-- Category:Taxa named by Karl Gugerli --> Category:Plants described in 1940