Helicia longipetiolata (Helicia longipetiolata)
Description
Helicia is a genus of around 100 species of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. They grow naturally in rainforests in New Guinea, Malesia, southern and eastern Asia and Australia. At global, national and regional government scales, many Helicia species have been threatened with extinction, as officially recognised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by continental, national and local governments. Sixteen species have official IUCN global conservation statuses of either "critically endangered", "endangered", "vulnerable" or "near threatened" (in terms of global extinction).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Proteales
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Family: Proteaceae
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Genus: Helicia
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