Elaeocarpus linsmithii

Elaeocarpus linsmithii is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves, white or pale green flowers and oval fruit.

Description
Elaeocarpus linsmithii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–2.5 m with a dbh of less than 30 cm. The leaves are leathery, oblong to elliptic, 85–130 mm long and 25–50 mm wide on a petiole 20–45 mm long. The flowers are arranged in racemes of six to thirteen on a rachis 50–110 mm long, each flower on a pedicel 16–22 mm long. The flowers are white or pale green, 25–30 mm long with five narrow oblong to lance-shaped sepals 20–26 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide and densely covered with silky brown hairs on the outside. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 22–27 mm long and 5–98 mm wide and there are between twenty-eight and thirty-five stamens. Flowering occurs from April to June and the fruit is a more or less oval drupe 15–20 mm long and 12–15 mm wide.

Taxonomy
Elaeocarpus linsmithii was first formally described in 1984 by Gordon P. Guymer in the Kew Bulletin. The specific epithet (linsmithii) honours Lindsay Stuart Smith.

Distribution and habitat
Elaeocarpus linsmithii grows in rainforest at altitudes of 1000 to 1500 m in the Mount Spurgeon - Mount Lewis area and near the summit of Mount Bartle Frere in north-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status
Elaeocarpus linsmithii is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.