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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Aggreflorum ellipticum     (C.T.White &W.D.Francis) Peter G. Wilson

This native shrub is commonly known as Whites tea-tree.

Aggreflorum ellipticum is described as a "dicot" in the Myrtaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Replaces Leptospermum whitei (Queensland Flora Census 2023). Recorded between Tuan and Poona. Also reported at Tinnanbar, Poona creek, Burgowan and Burrum Heads which is the northern limit of the species apart from one disjunct record in the Isis area just outside Fraser Coast region northern boundary. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/98347316 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/97701320 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66992080 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 5 Fraser Coast localities: Owanyilla, Poona, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Walligan.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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