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{{Short description|Species of eucalyptus}}
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|name = Goblet mallee
|name = Goblet mallee
|image = Eucalyptus scyphocalyx habit.jpg
|image_caption = Habit of ''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' north of [[Ongerup]]
|genus = Eucalyptus
|genus = Eucalyptus
|species = scyphocalyx
|species = scyphocalyx
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status =
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 5 June 2019">{{cite iucn|author1=Fensham, R.|author2=Laffineur, B.|author3=Collingwood, T.|date=5 June 2019 |title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''|volume=2019 |page=e.T133374228A133374230|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133374228A133374230.en|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
|authority = ([[Benth.]]) [[Joseph Maiden|Maiden]] & [[William Blakely|Blakley]]
|authority = ([[F.Muell.]] ex [[Benth.]]) [[Joseph Maiden|Maiden]] & [[William Blakely|Blakley]]<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/76578|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
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[[File:Eucalyptus scyphocalyx bark.jpg|thumb|Bark]]
[[File:Eucalyptus scyphocalyx flower buds.jpg|thumb|Flower buds]]
[[File:Eucalyptus scyphocalyx buds.jpg|thumb|Flowers]]
[[File:Eucalyptus scyphocalyx fruit.jpg|thumb|Fruit]]


'''''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''''', commonly known as '''goblet mallee''', is a mallee that is native to southern areas of [[Western Australia]].<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''|id=10834}}</ref>
'''''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''''', commonly known as '''goblet mallee''',<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''|id=10834}}</ref> is a species of [[Mallee (habit)|mallee]] that is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern areas of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical fruit.


==Description==
The [[mallee (habit)|mallee]] typically grows to a height of {{convert|2|to|6|m|ft|0}} and mostly has smooth bark with a stocking or rough peeling bark at the base. It blooms between July and December producing [[inflorescence]]s with white-cream-yellow flowers.
''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|2-6|m}} and forms a [[lignotuber]]. It has smooth pale brown and grey bark, although larger specimens often have a stocking of rough, ribbony bark near the base. Young plants and [[coppice]] regrowth have dull green, lance-shaped leaves that are {{cvt|50-85|mm}} long and {{cvt|10-20|mm}} wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of green on both sides, lance-shaped, {{cvt|60-105|mm}} long and {{cvt|10-20|mm}} wide, the base tapering to a [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] {{cvt|8-23|mm}} long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf [[wikt:axil|axil]]s in groups of three or seven on an unbranched [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] {{cvt|3-16|mm}} long, the individual buds on [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicels]] {{cvt|2-5|mm}} long. Mature buds are cylindrical to spindle-shaped, {{cvt|7-13|mm}} long and {{cvt|4-7|mm}} wide with a hemispherical to conical [[Operculum (botany)|operculum]]. Flowering mainly occurs from July or September to December and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped to cylindrical [[Capsule (botany)|capsule]] {{cvt|6-11|mm}} long and {{cvt|7-9|mm}} wide with the valves below rim level.<ref name="FloraBase" /><ref name="ABRS">{{cite web |last1=Chippendale |first1=George M. |title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' |url=http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org:8080/euclid/data/02050e02-0108-490e-8900-0e0601070d00/media/Html/Eucalyptus_scyphocalyx.htm |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>


==Taxonomy and naming==
It is found on sand plains in the [[Great Southern (Western Australia)|Great Southern]] and [[Goldfields-Esperance]] regions between [[Mount Barker, Western Australia|Mount Barker]] and [[Caiguna, Western Australia|Caiguna]] where it grows in sandy-loam-clay soils.
The goblet mallet was first formally described in 1867 by [[George Bentham]] from an unpublished description by [[Ferdinand von Mueller]]. Bentham published the description in ''[[Flora Australiensis]]'' and the plant was given the name ''Eucalyptus dumosa'' var. ''scyphocalyx''.<ref name=APNI1>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus dumosa'' var. ''scyphocalyx''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/454987|publisher=APNI|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Benth.">{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |title=''Flora Australiensis'' |date=1867 |publisher=Lovell, Reeve & Co. |location=London |page=230 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41807#page/238/mode/1up |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> In 1929, [[Joseph Maiden]] and [[William Blakely]] raised the variety to species status as ''E. scyphocalyx'', publishing the change in Maiden's book ''A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/455118|publisher=APNI|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Maiden">{{cite book |last1=Maiden |first1=Joseph |title=A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus (Volume 8) |date=1929 |publisher=New South Wales Government Printer |location=Sydney |pages=45–46 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123314#page/76/mode/1up |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> The [[Botanical name|specific epithet]] (''scyphocalyx'') is from the [[ancient Greek]] word ''scyphos'', referring to the cup-like [[Sepal|calyx]].<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |author=Francis Aubie Sharr |author-link=Francis Aubie Sharr |title=Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, Western Australia |isbn=9780958034180 |page=304}}</ref><ref name="Stearn">{{cite book |author=William T. Stearn |author-link=William T. Stearn |title=Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary |date=1992 |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon |edition=4th|page=488}}</ref>

In 2001, [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|Lawrie Johnson]] and [[Donald Frederick Blaxell|Donald Blaxell]] described two subspecies of ''E. scyphocalyx'' in the journal ''[[Telopea (journal)|Telopea]]'' and the names have been accepted by the [[Australian Plant Census]]:<ref name="Telopea">{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Lawrence A.S. |last2=Blaxell |first2=Donald F. |title=Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 11 - New taxa and combination in ''Eucalyptus'' Section ''Dumaria'' (Myrtaceae) |journal=Telopea |date=2001 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=288–293}}</ref>
* ''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden & Blakely</small> subsp. ''scyphocalyx''<ref name=APC1>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' subsp. ''scyphocalyx''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/153703|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> has flower buds in groups of seven;
* ''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' subsp. ''triadica'' <small> L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill</small><ref name=APC2>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' subsp. ''triadica''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/140269|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> has flower buds in groups of three.<ref name="Telopea" />

==Distribution and habitat==
''Eucalyptus scyphocalyx'' is found on sand plains between [[Jerramungup, Western Australia|Jerramungup]], [[Ravensthorpe, Western Australia|Ravensthorpe]] and [[Salmon Gums, Western Australia|Salmon Gums]] in the [[Great Southern (Western Australia)|Great Southern]] and [[Goldfields-Esperance]] regions. Subspecies ''triadica'' has a more restricted distribution in an area northeast of [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]].<ref name="Telopea" />

==Conservation status==
This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]].<ref name="FloraBase" />


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of Eucalyptus species|List of ''Eucalyptus'' species]]
*[[List of Eucalyptus species|List of ''Eucalyptus'' species]]


==References==
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[[Category:Rosids of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Eucalypts of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Trees of Australia]]
[[Category:Trees of Australia]]
[[Category:Eucalyptus|scyphocalyx]]
[[Category:Eucalyptus|scyphocalyx]]
[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]
[[Category:Myrtales of Australia]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1929]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1867]]
[[Category:Mallees (habit)]]
[[Category:Mallees (habit)]]
[[Category:Taxa named by George Bentham]]

Latest revision as of 03:48, 22 June 2023

Goblet mallee
Habit of Eucalyptus scyphocalyx north of Ongerup
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. scyphocalyx
Binomial name
Eucalyptus scyphocalyx
Bark
Flower buds
Flowers
Fruit

Eucalyptus scyphocalyx, commonly known as goblet mallee,[3] is a species of mallee that is endemic to southern areas of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical fruit.

Description[edit]

Eucalyptus scyphocalyx is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 2–6 m (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in) and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth pale brown and grey bark, although larger specimens often have a stocking of rough, ribbony bark near the base. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull green, lance-shaped leaves that are 50–85 mm (2.0–3.3 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of green on both sides, lance-shaped, 60–105 mm (2.4–4.1 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide, the base tapering to a petiole 8–23 mm (0.31–0.91 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of three or seven on an unbranched peduncle 3–16 mm (0.12–0.63 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. Mature buds are cylindrical to spindle-shaped, 7–13 mm (0.28–0.51 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide with a hemispherical to conical operculum. Flowering mainly occurs from July or September to December and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped to cylindrical capsule 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) wide with the valves below rim level.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming[edit]

The goblet mallet was first formally described in 1867 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller. Bentham published the description in Flora Australiensis and the plant was given the name Eucalyptus dumosa var. scyphocalyx.[5][6] In 1929, Joseph Maiden and William Blakely raised the variety to species status as E. scyphocalyx, publishing the change in Maiden's book A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus.[7][8] The specific epithet (scyphocalyx) is from the ancient Greek word scyphos, referring to the cup-like calyx.[9][10]

In 2001, Lawrie Johnson and Donald Blaxell described two subspecies of E. scyphocalyx in the journal Telopea and the names have been accepted by the Australian Plant Census:[11]

  • Eucalyptus scyphocalyx (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden & Blakely subsp. scyphocalyx[12] has flower buds in groups of seven;
  • Eucalyptus scyphocalyx subsp. triadica L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill[13] has flower buds in groups of three.[11]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

Eucalyptus scyphocalyx is found on sand plains between Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe and Salmon Gums in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions. Subspecies triadica has a more restricted distribution in an area northeast of Esperance.[11]

Conservation status[edit]

This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fensham, R.; Laffineur, B.; Collingwood, T. (5 June 2019). "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T133374228A133374230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133374228A133374230.en. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Eucalyptus dumosa var. scyphocalyx". APNI. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ Bentham, George (1867). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell, Reeve & Co. p. 230. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx". APNI. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. ^ Maiden, Joseph (1929). A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus (Volume 8). Sydney: New South Wales Government Printer. pp. 45–46. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 304. ISBN 9780958034180.
  10. ^ William T. Stearn (1992). Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary (4th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 488.
  11. ^ a b c Johnson, Lawrence A.S.; Blaxell, Donald F. (2001). "Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 11 - New taxa and combination in Eucalyptus Section Dumaria (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 9 (2): 288–293.
  12. ^ "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx subsp. scyphocalyx". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Eucalyptus scyphocalyx subsp. triadica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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