Ceratopetalum virchowii, commonly known as pink sycamore or dogwood, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a rainforest tree, native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is named after Rudolf Virchow.
Description Ceratopetalum virchowii is a tree with conspicuous lenticels on the trunk. The leaves are normally trifoliate (i.e. with three leaflets), and the leaflets can reach long and wide. The flowers have tepals about long and the anthers are black. The fruit is a five-winged capsule about in diameter.
Distribution and habitat It grows in rainforest on Mount Bartle Frere, the Bellenden Ker Range and the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland up to elevation.
Conservation , this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com