Eucalyptus aquilina
| Mount Le Grand mallee | |
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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. aquilina
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus aquilina | |
Eucalyptus aquilina, or Mount Le Grand mallee, is a small tree that is native to Western Australia.[1]
The mallee tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 7 metres (7 to 23 ft) and as high as 10 m (33 ft) and has smooth white-grey bark. It blooms between April and October producing white-cream flowers.[1] It forms a lignotuber. The adult leaves alternate, glossy, concolorour and dark green in colour. The leaf blade is lanceolate in shape with a length of 7 to 13.5 centimetres (2.8 to 5.3 in) long and a width of 1.2 to 2.5 cm (0.5 to 1.0 in) with the base tapering to the petiole. The inflorescences are axillary and single with peduncles that are broadly flattened and about 1.2 to 3.5 cm (0.5 to 1.4 in) long and rigidly down-curved. The fruits that form are sessile and broadly obconical in shape with a width of 3.5 to 5 cm (1.4 to 2.0 in) and are rarely slightly ribbed.[2]
It is found in shallow valleys, creek beds and hillsides in a small area along the south coast in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia around Cape Le Grand National Park where it grows in shallow soils over granite.[1] It occurs in dense heath.[2]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ian Brooker in 1974 as part of the work Six new species of Eucalyptus from Western Australia. as published in the journal Nuytsia.[3]
The name of the species is taken from the latin word, aquilinus, meaning of an eagle, referring to the aquiline disc lobes of the fruit.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Eucalyptus aquilina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Cape Le Grand mallee - Eucalyptus aquilina Brooker, Nuytsia 1: 297 (1974)". Euclid. CSIRO. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Eucalyptus aquilina Brooker". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 June 2017.