Eucalyptus albopurpurea
| Purple-flowered mallee box | |
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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. albapurpurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus albapurpurea (Boomsma) Nicolle
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Eucalyptus albopurpurea, commonly known as the purple-flowered mallee box, Port Lincoln mallee,[1] or the Coffin Bay mallee, is a mallee with fibrous grey-brown bark. It is endemic to South Australia with distribution limited to coastal areas on Kangaroo Island and the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in the vicinity of Coffin Bay.[2]
White, pink or purple flowers appear between March and October.[2]
E. albopurpurea was previously considered a subspecies of E. lansdowneana however is now considered most closely related to E. odorata.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Dean Nicolle. "Native Eucalypts of South Australia". Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Nicolle, Dean (2000). "New Taxa of Eucalyptus Informal Subgenus Symphyomyrtus (Myrtaceae), Endemic to South Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 19: 83–94. Retrieved 21 March 2015.