Biology:Eucalyptus scopulorum
| Eucalyptus scopulorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. scopulorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus scopulorum K.D.Hill[1]
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Eucalyptus scopulorum is a species of small tree that is endemic to a small area of northern New South Wales. It has rough ironbark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped or conical fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus scopulorum is a tree that typically grows to a height of 8 m (26 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has soft, corky, pale grey bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section and dull greyish green leaves that are egg-shaped, 35–110 mm (1.4–4.3 in) long and 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of dull green on both sides, lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, 60–110 mm (2.4–4.3 in) long and 15–38 mm (0.59–1.50 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branched peduncle 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and about 4 mm (0.16 in) wide with a conical operculum. Flowering has been recorded in October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody barrel-shaped or conical capsule 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) wide with the valves below rim level.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus scopulorum was first formally described in 1997 by Ken Hill in the journal Telopea from specimens he collected in the Gibraltar Range State Forest in 1996.[4][5] The specific epithet (scopulorum) is from the Latin word scopulus meaning "a cliff", referring to the usual habitat of this species.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This eucalypt grows in rocky crevices on steep cliffs and is only known in a few places on the Gibraltar Range.[4]
References
- ↑ "Eucalyptus scopulorum". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/164174.
- ↑ Hill, Ken. "Eucalyptus scopulorum". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~scopulorum.
- ↑ "Eucalyptus scopulorum". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_scopulorum.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Hill, Kenneth (17 December 1997). "New taxa in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from New South Wales and Queensland". Telopea 7 (3): 192–195. doi:10.7751/telopea19971011.
- ↑ "Eucalyptus scopulorum". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/569017.
Wikidata ☰ Q15355322 entry
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