Eucalyptus chlorophylla
| Eucalyptus chlorophylla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. chlorophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus chlorophylla Brooker & Done | |
Eucalyptus chlorophylla, commonly known as Green-leaf box, Northern glossy-leaved box or Glossy-leaved Box,[1] is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia [2] Queensland and the Northern Territory.[3]
The mallee or tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 7 metres (10 to 23 ft)[2] and as high as 18 metres (59 ft).[1] It forms a lignotuber and has rough-box type bark that becomes tessellated or scaly and is grey-brown to bleached grey in colour. Adult leaves are alternate, concolorous and glossy green supported on petioles that are 0.7 to 1.7 centimetres (0.3 to 0.7 in) long. The leaf blade has a lanceolate or falcate shape with a length of 7 to 21 cm (2.8 to 8.3 in) and a width of 0.8 to 2.5 cm (0.31 to 0.98 in) with the base tapering to petiole, an entire margin entire and pointed at the apex.[1] It blooms in November or December.[2] producing terminal inflorescences with slender peduncles slender that are 0.2 to 1.4 cm (0.08 to 0.55 in) long and creamy white flowers. It then forms buds in groups of seven with an ovoid shape. Fruits are found yea round that are pedicellate and usually obconical, less commonly cupular, 0.3 to 0.7 cm (0.12 to 0.28 in) long and 0.3 to 0.6 cm (0.12 to 0.24 in) wide, basally angled with four sides. These contain seeds that are blackish brown which are 1 to 2.5 mm (0.04 to 0.10 in) long, flattened-ovoid and sometimes pointed at one end.[1]
It is found scattered over plains and low rises the Kimberley region of Western Australia[2] near Kununurra and Fitzroy Crossing spreading east through the top end of the Northern Territory from a latitude between Mataranka south to about Tennant Creek and then in the Gulf Country of Queensland as far east as the hinterland of the Gulf of Carpentaria.[1] It is found growing in woodlands and srubby plains in gravelly lateritic to loamy soils or sand.[2]
The species was first described by the botanists Brooker and Done in 1986 in the journal Nuytsia from samples collected by Brooker from near Kununurra in 1982.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Eucalyptus chlorophylla Brooker & Done". NT Flora. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Eucalyptus chlorophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 1 2 "Eucalyptus chlorophylla Brooker & Done, Nuytsia 5(3): 389 (1986)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 29 October 2016.