Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa (finger cherry)

Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa Benth. (1867 January 5) .

Qld Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern .

Zich, Hyland et al (2020)
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8):
Quotation: "
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in CYP, NEQ and CEQ.
Altitudinal range from sea level to 800 m.
Grows as an understorey tree in well developed rain forest but more commonly encountered in drier, more seasonal rain forest and monsoon forest.
Also occurs in New Guinea and the Aru Islands.
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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa Benth. (1867 January 5) → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/69189/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa Benth. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Rhodomyrtus_macrocarpa.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Andrew J. Ford and Peter G. Wilson (2021 November 24) 
A new species of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae) with brochidodromous venation from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Telopea 24: 15566
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea15566
Includes an updated botanical key to Rhodomyrtus spp. across this continent Au .
Viewed: 2025 June 4th .

• Bean Anthony R. (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2023.
Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa Benth. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2023 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (353–) 354 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

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