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Barringtonia calyptrata stamp
Date of issue: 16 August 2001
Designer: Melinda Coombes
Engraver: Czeslaw Slania
based on sketches by Sydney Parkinson

The stamp features a likeness of Daniel Solander.

Plant: Barringtonia calyptrata

Family: BARRINGTONIACEAE

Cassowary Pine
Medium sized deciduous tree to 14 m.
White fluffy flowers open as new leaves emerge in September
Occurs in Queensland.


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