Eucalyptus pellita
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Eucalyptus pellita is a species ofthe myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It occurs on the northern part of the east coast of Queensland and on the south coast of Papua New Guinea and is called there "Red Mahogany", "Large-fruited Red Mahogany", "Daintree Stringyback" or "Red Stringyback".
description
Appearance and leaf
Eucalyptus pellita grows as a tree . The bark remains on the entire tree, is brown or red-brown and fibrous. There are oil glands both in the marrow and in the bark.
In Eucalyptus pellita is Heterophyllie ago. The leaves are always divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The petiole is narrowly flattened or channel-shaped. On middle-aged specimens, the leaf blade is lanceolate to elliptical, straight, entire and shiny green. The glossy green leaves on adult specimens with differently colored upper and lower sides are lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, relatively thick and curved into a sickle shape. They can taper towards the base of the spade and have a blunt, pointed or pointed upper end. The side nerves, which are barely visible, extend from the median nerve at an obtuse angle. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are reversed kidney-shaped.
Inflorescence and flower
On the side of an inflorescence stem with a wide flattened cross section, there are about three to seven flowers together in a simple inflorescence . The flower buds are egg-shaped or spindle-shaped and not floured or frosted blue-green. The sepals form a calyptra that falls off early. The smooth calyptra is conical, three times as long as the smooth or ribbed flower cup (hypanthium) and wider than this. The flowers are white or creamy white.
fruit
The fruit is hemispherical or conical. The disc is pressed in, flat or raised, the fruit compartments stick out.
Occurrence
The natural range of Eucalyptus pellita is the east coast of Queensland north of Townsville and the south coast of Papua New Guinea .
Systematics
The first description of Eucalyptus odorata was made in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Phytographiae Australiae , Volume 4 (30), S. 159. The type material has the inscription " Ad sinum oceanicum Rockingham Bay. Dallachy. " on. Synonyms for Eucalyptus pellita F.Muell. are Eucalyptus spectabilis F.Muell., Eucalyptus resinifera var. pellita (F.Muell.) FMBailey, Eucalyptus resinifera var. spectabilis (F.Muell.) FMBailey, Eucalyptus scias LASJohnson & KDHill, Eucalyptus biterranea LASJohnson & KDHill and Eucalyptus sp. A.
In Queensland, Eucalyptus pellita forms natural hybrids with Eucalyptus brassiana and Eucalyptus grandis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Specimen search results: Eucalyptus pellita at Australia's Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . Retrieved February 28, 2013
- ↑ a b c d APNI = Australian Plant Name Index . Center for Plant Biodiversity Research. Australian Government. Retrieved February 28, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Eucalyptus pellita at EucaLink - A Web Guide to the Eucalypts . Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ↑ Eucalyptus pellita at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed February 28, 2013.
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Eucalyptus pellita. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 28, 2013.
