Austrobaileya scandens

Genus: 1 species; single genus.
Clades: Austrobaileyaceae; Magnoliales; Angiospermae.
Region: Queensland, Australia.
Habitat: well-developed upland rainforest, wet, damp, humid, tropical canopy and low-light; understorey.
Habitat: low-sunlight and very humid conditions.
Content: essential oils in spherical ethereal oil cells. BotanyVines; woody; lianas or vines; up to 15 m tall.
Stems: loosely twining; with straight, extending, leafy branches.
Leaves: blue-green; leathery; veined; simple; damaged by oxidation in direct sunlight.
Lack of palisade mesophyll tissue or low leaf photosynthetic rates.
Flowers: large; solitary; arranged in a spiral; pale green petals; sepals 5, yellowish-green, large, larger than the five or so green petals; rotting fish smell.
Pollination by flies. To attract pollinators, A. scandens’ flowers release a .
Fruits: apricot-coloured; tightly packed seeds, shape of chestnuts; pear or eggplant shape; up to 7 cm long, by 5 cm wide.
Propagation: vegetative reproductionTaxonomyThe Cronquist system, of 1981, assigned the family to the order Magnoliales, in subclass Magnoliidae, in class Magnoliopsida .
The Thorne system (1992) placed it in the order Magnoliales, which was assigned to superorder Magnolianae, in subclass Magnoliideae, in class Magnoliopsida.
The Dahlgren system assigned it to the order Annonales, which was placed in superorder Magnolianae, in subclass Magnoliideae, in class Magnoliopsida.
The Engler system, in its update of 1964, assigned it to the order Magnoliales, which was placed in subclass Archychlamydeae in class Dicotyledoneae and in subdivision Angiospermae.
The APG IV system, of 2016, recognise Austrobaileyaceae, placing it in the order Austrobaileyales.