Bean, Polyscias in Queensland 
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Map 4. Australian distribution of Polyscias mollis □, P. spectabilis A, P. willmottii •. 
around Eungella, west of Mackay, and in the 
Wet Tropics where it is found as far north as 
Mt Lewis, near Julatten (Map 1). It occurs all 
along the New South Wales coast and just into 
Victoria (Floyd 1989). It is a pioneer species, 
inhabiting roadsides and sunny breaks in 
notophyll rainforest. In Queensland it is rarely 
found below 500 metres in altitude. 
Notes : The leaflet margins are usually 
distinctly toothed, but in some collections, the 
leaflets are entire. 
7. Polyscias nodosa (Blume) Seem., J. Bot. 
3: 181 (1865); Aralia nodosa Blume, Bijdr. 
FI. Ned. Ind. 873 (1826); Paratropia nodosa 
(Blume) DC., Prodr. 4: 265 (1830); Hedera 
nodosa (Blume) Hassk., Tijdschr. Natuurl. 
Gesch. Physiol. 10: 131 (1843); Eupteron 
nodosum (Blume) Miq., Bonplandia 4: 
139 (1856). Type: Indonesia. Mt Menara, 
Java, s.dat ., s.coll. (lecto: L 0008479 [here 
designated]). 
Illustrations : Cooper & Cooper (2004: 66); 
Hyland etal. (2010). 
Additional selected specimens examined : Queensland. 
Cook District: Iron Range NP, Gordon Creek, Sep 1997, 
Gray 7248 (BRI, CNS); Kuranda Range Road, Sep 1987, 
Gray 4567 (BRI, CNS); Foot of MacAlister Range, 
2.5 km ENE of Saddle Mountain, Oct 1987, Lyons 49 
(BRI, DNA); Base of Mt Isley, Edmonton, S of Cairns, 
Jan 1997, Plunkett 1537 et al. (BRI); Bank of Barratt 
