Notelaea ipsviciensis

Notelaea ipsviciensis, also known as the Cooneana Olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.

Notelaea ipsviciensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Notelaea
Species:
N. ipsviciensis
Binomial name
Notelaea ipsviciensis
W.K.Harris, 2004[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet ipsviciensis refers to the type locality, of which it is a latinisation.[2]

Description

The species grows as a slow-growing, multi-stemmed, lignotuberous, evergreen shrub up to 1–2 m in height. The small flowers are cream-yellow in colour. Each fleshy, purple fruit is about 10 mm wide, enclosing a single seed.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species is known only from three small populations in the Ipswich area of south-eastern Queensland. It is an understorey plant of open woodland, especially dry, eucalypt-dominated, sclerophyll communities on poor, sandstone-based soils.[1]

Conservation

The species has been listed under Australia's EPBC Act as Critically Endangered. The main threat comes from gross land disturbance from open-cut coal mining and clay extraction, particularly from the dumping of overburden.[1]

References
  1. "Approved Conservation Advice for Notelaea ipsviciensis (Cooneana Olive)" (PDF). Threatened Species. Department of the Environment, Australia. 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. Harris, Wayne K (2004). "Notelaea ipsviciensis (Oleaceae), a new species from south east Queensland". Austrobaileya. 6 (4): 973–976.
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