Ceratopetalum corymbosum, commonly known as mountain sycamore, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to a very small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia and has been given the conservation status of critically endangered.
Description Ceratopetalum corymbosum is a small tree with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and stipules about long. The leaflets are stiff and sessile, measuring up to long and wide. The inflorescences take the form of a corymb and are terminal, i.e. they grow from the ends of the twigs. The flowers are fragrant, the is about diameter and the tepals about long. The fruit is about long and five-winged.
Taxonomy It was first described in 1942 by Cyril Tenison White, based on material collected by Hugo Flecker from Thornton Peak. It is most closely related to Ceratopetalum iugumensis and Ceratopetalum macrophyllum.
Distribution and habitat Ceratopetalum corymbosum is restricted to the area between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation, mostly at around altitude on Thornton Peak. It grows in stunted rainforest.
Conservation This species has been assessed as having the conservation status of critically endangered by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act. , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com