Funnel fruit eucalyptus
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The funnel fruit eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus coccifera ) is a plant species within the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It occurs exclusively in higher areas of Tasmania and is called there “Tasmanian Snow Gum” or “Mount Wellington Peppermint”.
description
Appearance and leaf
The funnel-fruit eucalyptus grows as a tree that reaches heights of 6 to 15 meters.
In Eucalyptus coccifera , heterophyllia is present. The leaves on adult specimens are lanceolate or broadly lanceolate with a pointed to pointed upper end. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are kidney-shaped.
Inflorescence, flower and fruit
The flowering period extends from July to August. A simple inflorescence stands on the side of an inflorescence stem . The hermaphrodite flower is radially symmetrical with a double flower envelope. The sepals form a calyptra that remains until the flower ( anthesis ) opens.
Occurrence
The funnel-fruit eucalyptus occurs exclusively in Tasmania, for example on Mount Wellington . The funnel-fruit eucalyptus grows at altitudes of up to 1200 meters.
Taxonomy
The first description of Eucalyptus coccifera in 1847 by the British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker entitled Florae tasmaniae Spicelegium (Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land) in the London Journal of Botany , Volume 6, page 477. The type material has the caption " Tops of mountains: Lawrence, Gunn .: vvn “on.
Synonyms of Eucalyptus coccifera Hook.f. are: Eucalyptus coccifera Hook.f. var. coccifera , Eucalyptus daphnoides Miq., Eucalyptus coccifera var. parviflora Benth.
There are natural hybrids of Eucalyptus coccifera with, for example, Eucalyptus amygdalina and Eucalyptus pauciflora .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Specimen search results: Eucalyptus coccifera at Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ↑ a b c APNI = Australian Plant Name Index . Center for Plant Biodiversity Research. Australian Government. Last accessed on January 28, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Eucalyptus coccifera at EucaLink - A Web Guide to the Eucalypts . Retrieved January 29, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Eucalyptus coccifera Hook.f. at Plants for A Future . Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ↑ M. Magnes & H. Mayrhofer (editors): Flora and Vegetation of Tasmania . Institute for Botany at the University of Graz. November 1996 (1999) ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ^ JB Kirkpatrick & Sue Backhouse: Native Trees of Tasmania . No. 7 . Pandani Press, Sandy Bay TAS 2004, ISBN 978-0-646-43088-1 , pp. 92-93 . Was not available when this article was written, but perhaps when it was written by en: WP - the statements have not been checked.
