Wetria australiensis

Wetria australiensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Papua New Guinea and the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a small tree to about tall, first described in 1994 by New Zealand-born botanist Paul Irwin Forster.

Distribution and habitat

The species is known from a very small area of rainforest just west of Cairns, Queensland, and two isolated occurrences in Papua New Guinea. When first described it was only known from the site near Cairns.

Conservation

, this species has been assessed to be endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and critically endangered by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act.