Eucryphia wilkiei is a species of rainforest shrub endemic to restricted areas of cloud forests on mountain tops in the Wet Tropics region of northeastern Queensland, Australia.[1][3][4] As of November 2013[update], botanists classify Eucryphia in the family Cunoniaceae.[5]
| Eucryphia wilkiei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Eucryphia |
| Species: | E. wilkiei |
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| Eucryphia wilkiei | |
Naturally, they grow 1 to 6 m (3 to 20 ft) tall and occur only within an altitude range of about 1,200 to 1,500 m (4,000 to 5,000 ft).[3][4]
In Jan. 1970 Jack (John H.) Wilkie (1902–1997), orchid expert and botanical explorer of the Mount Bellenden Ker region, was the first European–Australian person to scientifically discover them.[1] Bernie Hyland formally scientifically described the species name in 1997.[1]
Eucryphia wilkiei’s, endemic, very restricted distribution has obtained the conservation status of "vulnerable", officially listed in the regulation current as of 27 September 2013[update], of the Queensland government legislation, the Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]