Pennantia endlicheri, also known as Norfolk Island brown beech, is a flowering plant in the Pennantiaceae family. It is endemic to the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island in the south-west Pacific Ocean. It was originally described in 1842 by Austrian botanist Siegfried Reissek.
Description The species grows as a large shrub or a tree up to 10 m in height. It has small white flowers which are functionally dioecious.
Distribution and habitat The trees occur in sheltered moist palm valley forest, moist upland hardwood forest and pine-hardwood ridge forest, mainly in the Norfolk Island National Park. Threats include competition with invasive weeds and seed predation by rodents. The species' conservation status has been assessed as Endangered.
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