Angophora inopina
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Angophora inopina is a species ofthe myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It occurs around Newcastle on the east coast of New South Wales and is called "Charmhaven Apple" there.
description
Appearance and leaf
Angophora inopina grows as a tree that reaches heights of up to 8 meters or often 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 inopina , heterophylly is present. The simple leaves are always opposite to each other on the branches. The sitting leaves on young specimens have stiff, simple hair 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 5 to 8 mm long. Their simple, bare leaf blade is 4 to 11 cm long and 0.6 to 2.6 cm wide and lanceolate to broadly lanceolate with a pointed base and a pointed upper end. The top and bottom of the leaf are colored differently. The lateral nerves depart from the median nerve at close intervals at an obtuse angle. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are almost circular.
Inflorescence and flower
At the end of a 3 to 17 mm long, stiffly haired inflorescence stem, there are several partial inflorescences in combined total inflorescences . The stiffly hairy flower stalk is 7 to 12 mm long. The flower buds are spherical with a length and a diameter of 5 to 7 mm each. The hermaphrodite flowers are creamy white. The four sepals are reduced to four calyx teeth on the ribbed flower cup (hypanthium). The four petals have a length and a width of 3 to 4 mm each.
Fruit and seeds
The stalked fruit is 11 to 15 mm long and 5 to 7 mm in diameter, cup-shaped to pear-shaped. The disc is flat and covered or even depressed by the edge of the flower cup. The kneecap-shaped seeds are regular and flattened, smooth and silk-matt red.
Occurrence and endangerment
Angophora inopina occurs only on the east coast of New South Wales , within a radius of about 80 km from Newcastle only in the area of Charmhaven and Wyee.
Angophora inopina thrives mainly in open woodlands with dense undergrowth on deep, white sandy soils over sandstone .
Angophora inopina is classified by the "New South Wales Government" as "vulnerable" = "endangered".
Taxonomy
The first description of angophora inopina was made in 1997 by Kenneth D. Hill under the title New species in Angophora and Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from New South Wales in Telopea , Volume 7 (2) 97. The type material , the label New South Wales: Central Coast: corner of Old Pacific Hwy and Arizona Rd, Charmhaven, KD Hill 4779, LC Stanberg & KL Wilson, 20 Dec 1997 (holo NSW; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, MEL, K, MO) . A synonym for angophora inopina K.D.Hill is Eucalyptus inopina (KDHill) Brooker .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Specimen search results: Angophora inopina at Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . Retrieved February 5, 2013
- ↑ a b c Charmhaven Apple - profile in Threatened species . Environment & Heritage. NSW Government. Last accessed on February 7, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e f g h K. Hill: Angophora inopina (KDHill) at New South Wales Flora Online . National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Last accessed on February 7, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Angophora inopina at EucaLink - A Web Guide to the Eucalypts . Last accessed on February 7, 2013.
- ↑ a b APNI = Australian Plant Name Index . Center for Plant Biodiversity Research. Australian Government. Last accessed on 7th 2013
- ↑ a b Entry in Tropicos . Last accessed on February 7, 2013
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Angophora inopina. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 7, 2013.