Eucalyptus houseana
| Kimberley White Gum | |
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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. houseana
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus houseana | |
Eucalyptus houseana, commonly known as Kimberley White Gum or tropical white gum, is a Eucalypt tree that is native to northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[1][2]
The tree typically grows to a height of 5 to 30 metres (16 to 98 ft) in height and has smooth powdery white bark. It blooms between July and November producing white flowers.[1] The leaf blades have a lanceolate shape and are about 8 to 15 centimetres (3 to 6 in) long and 1.5 to 3.5 centimetres (1 to 1 in) wide and are broadest at the base.[2]
In Western Australia it is found along water courses and in seasonally wet sites throughout the Kimberley region where it grows in sandy alluvium.[1]
The specific epithet honours the doctor and explorer Frederick Maurice House.[3] The species name was first published in the Western Mail by William Fitzgerald in 1906,[4] and used in the accepted description of Joseph Maiden in 1916.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Eucalyptus houseana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Eucalyptus houseana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "House, Frederick Maurice - biography". www.anbg.gov.au. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
Source: Extracted from: Hall, N. (1978) Botanists of the eucalypts. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne
- ^ Some species of West Kimberley plants. Botanical References. The Western Mail 21(1066)
- ^ Maiden, J.H. (1916), Notes on Eucalyptus, (with descriptions of new species) No. IV. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49(3)
- ^ "Eucalyptus houseana". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia.