Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (03/11/2003) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, DAVID KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

including in the list in the Critically Endangered category

Abutilon julianae  (a shrub)

Achyranthes margaretarum                              (a shrub)

Boehmeria australis var. australis   (Tree Nettle, Nettletree)

Calystegia affinis   (a creeper)

Clematis dubia  (a creeper)

Elymus multiflorus var. kingianus   (Phillip Island Wheat-grass)

Euphorbia norfolkiana   (a shrub)

Hibiscus insularis   (Phillip Island Hibiscus)

Melicytus latifolius   (Norfolk Island Mahoe)

Myoporum obscurum   (Popwood, Sandlewood, Bastard

Ironwood)

Phreatia limenophylax   (Norfolk Island Phreatia)

Achyranthes arborescens   (Chaff Tree, Soft-wood)

Elatostema montanum   (Mountain Procris, a herb)

Meryta latifolia   (Shade Tree)

Wikstroemia australis   (Kurrajong)

including in the list in the Endangered category

Blechnum norfolkianum  (Norfolk Island Water-fern)

Coprosma baueri   (Coastal Coprosma)

Coprosma pilosa   (Mountain Coprosma)

Crepidomanes endlicherianum   (Middle Filmy Fern)

Dendrobium brachypus   (Norfolk Island Orchid)

Lastreopsis calantha   (Shield-fern)

Marattia salicina   (King Fern)

Muehlenbeckia australis   (Shrubby Creeper, Pohuehue)

Pennantia endlicheri   (Pennantia)

Phreatia paleata   (an orchid)

Pouteria costata   (Bastard Ironwood)

Pteris kingiana   (King's Brake Fern)

Pteris zahlbruckneriana   (Netted Brake Fern)

Senecio evansianus   (a daisy)

Streblus pendulinus   (Issac Wood, Siah's Backbone, Sia's Backbone)

Zehneria baueriana   (Native Cucumber, Giant Cucumber)

including in the list in the Vulnerable category

Cordyline obtecta   (Ti)

Dysoxylum bijugum   (Sharkwood)

Euphorbia obliqua   (a herb)

Hypolepis dicksonioides   (Downy Ground-fern, Brake Fern)

Ileostylus micranthus   (Mistletoe)

Melicope littoralis   (Shade Tree)

Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. oblongifolius         (Whiteywood)

Meryta angustifolia   (a tree)

Pittosporum bracteolatum   (Oleander)

Rapanea ralstoniae   (Beech)

Senecio australis   (a daisy)

Senecio hooglandii   (a daisy)

Taeniophyllum muelleri   (Minute Orchid, Ribbon-root Orchid)

Tmesipteris norfolkensis   (Hanging Fork-fern)

Ungeria floribunda   (Bastard Oak)

Dated this…………3rd……..day of……November…….2003

David Kemp

Minister for the Environment and Heritage