Angophora hispida

Angophora hispida
	Angophora hispida , regrowth after forest fire
Systematics
Order :	Myrtle-like (Myrtales)
Family :	Myrtle family (Myrtaceae)
Subfamily :	Myrtoideae
Tribe :	Eucalypteae
Genre :	Angophora
Type :	Angophora hispida
Scientific name
	Angophora hispida
	( Sm. ) Blaxell

Distribution - ( Australasian Virtual Herbarium )

Angophora hispida is a species ofthe myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It occurs around Sydney in eastern New South Wales and is called "Dwarf Apple" or "Scrub Apple" there.

description

Branch with opposite leaves

Inflorescence with flower buds and flowers

Appearance and leaf

Angophora hispida grows as a tree that reaches heights of up to 7 meters, or in the form of the mallee - eucalyptus , this is a growth form that is more shrub -like than tree-shaped , there are usually several trunks that form a lignotuber . The bark remains on the entire tree, is gray or pale brown and has short fibers.

In Angophora hispida is Heterophyllie ago. The simple leaves are always opposite to each other on the branches. The leaves on young specimens are sessile and are covered with red, stiff, simple hairs and bristly glandular hairs ( trichomes ). On medium-aged specimens, the leaves are straight, entire and dull green. The leaves on adult specimens are divided into petiole and leaf blade. Your petiole is - if available - up to 4 mm long. Their simple leaf blade is egg-shaped or elliptical with a length of 5 to 10 cm and a width of 3 to 4.5 cm with a heart-shaped base and a rounded upper end. The top and bottom of the leaves are colored differently. The lateral nerves are closely spaced at an obtuse angle to the main nerve. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are almost circular.

Inflorescence and flower

The flowering time is in January. At the end of a 17 to 70 mm long, stiff, red-haired inflorescence stem, there are several partial inflorescences in combined total inflorescences . The stiff, red-haired flower stalk is 15 to 25 mm long. The flower buds are egg-shaped or spherical with a length of 8 to 11 mm and a diameter of 8 to 12 mm. The hermaphrodite flowers are creamy white. The flower cup (hypanthium) is ribbed. The four sepals are reduced to four calyx teeth on the flower cup. The four petals are 5 to 8 mm wide and 6 to 10 mm long.

Fruit and seeds

With a length of 16 to 25 mm and a diameter of 14 to 20 mm, the stalked fruit is oval or bell-shaped and sometimes it tapers towards the tip. The disc is flat or indented. The fruit compartments are included. The kneecap-shaped seeds are regular and flattened, smooth and silk-matt red.

Occurrence

The distribution area of Angophora hispida is exclusively in eastern New South Wales , around Sydney and Gosford . Angophora hispida is scattered and also common locally.

Angophora hispida thrives on shallow, sandy soil over (Hawkesbury) sandstone .

Taxonomy

It was first published in 1797 by the English botanist James Edward Smith under the name ( Basionym ) Metrosideros hispida Sm. And the title Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London , Volume 3, p. 267 The new combination to Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell was made in 1976 by Donald Frederick Blaxell under the title Angophora hispida, a new name for A. cordifolia in Kew Bulletin , Volume 31, Issue 2, p. 272. The specific epithet hispida is from the Latin Word "hispidus" derived for stiff-haired.

Other synonyms for Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell are Metrosideros anomala Vent. , Metrosideros cordifolia (Cav.) Pers. , Metrosideros hirsuta Andrews , Metrosideros hispida Sm. , Angophora cordifolia Cav. , Eucalyptus hispida (Sm.) Brooker and Eucalyptus hirsuta Link .

use

Angophora hispida as an ornamental wood

Angophora hispida is used as an ornamental plant . Their flowers attract colorful beetles and birds.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Specimen search results: Angophora hispida at Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . Retrieved February 7, 2013
↑ ^a ^b ^c APNI = Australian Plant Name Index . Center for Plant Biodiversity Research. Australian Government. Retrieved February 7, 2013
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ K. Hill: Angophora hispida ((Sm.) Blaxell) at New South Wales Flora Online . National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved February 7, 2013
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Angophora hispida at EucaLink - A Web Guide to the Eucalypts . Retrieved February 7, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Growing Native Plants - Angophora hispida. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Australian Government, accessed February 7, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Angophora hispida at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed February 7, 2013.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Angophora hispida. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 7, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Angophora hispida - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[AVH-1] Specimen search results: Angophora hispida at Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . Retrieved February 7, 2013

[APNI-2] APNI = Australian Plant Name Index . Center for Plant Biodiversity Research. Australian Government. Retrieved February 7, 2013

[NSWFo-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ K. Hill: Angophora hispida ((Sm.) Blaxell) at New South Wales Flora Online . National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved February 7, 2013

[EucaLink-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Angophora hispida at EucaLink - A Web Guide to the Eucalypts . Retrieved February 7, 2013.

[ANBG-5] Growing Native Plants - Angophora hispida. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Australian Government, accessed February 7, 2013 .

[tropicos-6] Angophora hispida at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed February 7, 2013.

[WCSP-7] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Angophora hispida. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 7, 2013.