A small primative shrub to 1m from Eastern Australian Subtropical Rainforests the flowers have no true petals and are similar to fossils from 120 million years ago. This plant is one of only three members of the family on earth (all in Australian Rainforests). This plant depends on weevils (beetles) in the genus Elleshodes for pollination in a remarkable obligate relationship.Amazingly Eupomatia like fossils derived from the Cretaceous and have been discovered in America indicating a much larger former range and these fossils seem to show similar adaptations for beetle pollination. These fossils are described here www.amjbot.org/content/85/9/1273.full.pdf
Summary[edit] Description: English: Eupomatia laurina, in flower, cultivated in my garden in Sydney. Date: 5 December 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Casliber.
Summary[edit] Description: Français : Eupomatia Laurina R.Br. dans la serre du Botanischer Garten de Berlin-Dahlem. Date: 27 June 2013, 14:22:09. Source: Own work. Author: Bachelot Pierre J-P.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Botanical specimen. The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi. Date: 12 August 2012, 06:58:34. Source: Own work. Author: Daderot. Permission(Reusing this file): : This file is made available under the Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.
Summary[edit] Description: Français : Fleurs d' Eupomatia Laurina R.Br dans la serre du Botanischer Garten de Berlin-Dahlem. Date: 27 June 2013, 14:22:18. Source: Own work. Author: Bachelot Pierre J-P.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Bolwarra at Chatswood West, Eupomatia laurina. Date: 18 July 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Poyt448 Peter Woodard.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Eupomatia bennettii in Alter Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen. Date: 5 June 2019, 12:48:55. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz. Camera location51° 32′ 15.83″ N, 9° 56′ 12.18″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 51.537730; 9.936718.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Eupomatia bennettii in Alter Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen. Date: 5 June 2019, 12:48:52. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz. Camera location51° 32′ 15.83″ N, 9° 56′ 12.18″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 51.537730; 9.936718.