Karrabina

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Etymology:   

• The scientific name Karrabina is derived from the name 'Karabin(y)', which is used for these trees in the Yugambeh Language Region that extends from the Logan River to the Tweed River in south-eastern Queensland 

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• It is endemic to eastern Australia

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• World:           2

• Australia:    2

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• Taxonomy

  • Karrabina is a genus of trees in the family Cunoniaceae

  • It includes two species: 

    • Karrabina benthamiana 

    • Karrabina biagiana (previously placed in the genus Geissois)

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karrabina (2023)

• Hopkins, H.C.F., Rozefelds, A.C. & Pillon, Y. (18 October 2013), Karrabina gen. nov. (Cunoniaceae), for the Australian species previously placed in Geissois, and a synopsis of genera in the tribe Geissoieae. Australian Systematic Botany 26(3): 180-181