[[2] The species Nothorites megacarpus grows naturally only in restricted mountain regions (endemic) of the wet tropics rain forests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[3][4]]The species was first formally scientifically described as Orites megacarpa in 1995 by Alex S. George and Bernie P. M. Hyland.[4] Genetic studies published in 2008 by Austin Mast and colleagues demonstrated that it was not correlated with other species in the genus Orites.[2] Instead it correlates with the group of Macadamia related species and genera.[2] Therefore, the new genus Nothorites was created and this species name combination was published.[2]
The species occurs in rainforests around Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis (both inland above Mossman) as well as Mount Bartle Frere at an altitude of 1100 to 1200 metres.[3][4]
References
1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite journal| last1 = Mast | first1 = Austin R. |authorlink = Austin Mast| last2 = Willis | first2 = Crystal L. | last3 = Jones | first3 = Eric H. | last4 = Downs | first4 = Katherine M. | last5 = Weston | first5 = Peter H.|date=July 2008| title = A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae)| journal = American Journal of Botany| volume = 95 | issue = 7 | pages = 843–870| issn = 1537-2197| doi = 10.3732/ajb.0700006| url = http://www.amjbot.org/content/95/7/843| accessdate = 4 Apr 2013 | pmid=21632410}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book | last1= George | first1= Alex S. | authorlink= Alex George | last2= Hyland | first2= Bernie P. M. | year= 1995 | contribution= Orites megacarpa | type= online version | chapterurl= http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=45097 | editor1-last= McCarthy | editor1-first= Patrick | title= Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 | url= | series= Flora of Australia series | pages= 497 (1st publ.), 348 | publisher= CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study | isbn= 978-0-643-05692-3 }}
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