Xylopia maccreae

Xylopia maccreae, commonly known as orange jacket or MacCrea's xylopia, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in coastal areas of north and central Queensland, Australia. It is an evergreen tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with small buttresses, and young shoots covered in silky hairs. It was first described in 1868 as Melodorum maccreae by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, and transferred to the genus Xylopia in 1956 by Lindsay Stuart Smith. It is one of the food plants for the green-spotted triangle (Graphium agamemnon).^[4][5]

Orange jacket
Flower
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Xylopia
Species:	X. maccreae
Binomial name
Xylopia maccreae (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm.[2][3]
Synonyms[3]
Melodorum maccreae F.Muell. Fissistigma maccreae (F.Muell.) Merr.

Conservation

As of November 2024^[update], 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.^[1][6]

Gallery

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  Foliage
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  Fruit
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  Base of trunk