Corymbia abergiana

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Range bloodwood
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Corymbia abergiana near Paluma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. abergiana
Binomial name
Corymbia abergiana
Synonyms [1]

Eucalyptus abergianaF.Muell.

Corymbia abergiana, commonly known as range bloodwood or Rockingham Bay bloodwood, [2] is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark on the smaller branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit with a very thick rim.

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Description

Corymbia abergiana is a tree that typically grows to a height of 3–15 metres (10–49 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has tessellated, coarsely fibrous, grey-brown to red-brown, bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth greyish brown bark that is shed in small flakes on the smaller branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have glossy green leaves that are paler on the lower surface, egg-shaped to elliptical or lance-shaped, 80–135 mm (3.1–5.3 in) long and 20–45 mm (0.79–1.77 in) wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, glossy dark green above, much paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, 80–152 mm (3.1–6.0 in) long and 20–64 mm (0.79–2.52 in) wide on a petiole 13–40 mm (0.51–1.57 in) long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle 5–38 mm (0.20–1.50 in) long, each branch usually with seven usually sessile buds. Mature buds are barrel-shaped, 21–34 mm (0.83–1.34 in) long and 18–26 mm (0.71–1.02 in) wide with a very thick rim and the valves enclosed. The seeds are dull to semi-glossy red-brown with a terminal wing. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

The range bloodwood was first formally described in 1878 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Eucalyptus abergiana and published the description in his book, Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . [6] [7] In 1995, Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to Corymbia abergiana. [8] [9] The specific epithet (abergiana) honours Ernst Åberg. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Eucalyptus abergiana grows in forest on hills and gentle slopes in near-coastal areas of North Queensland from near Mareeba to near Paluma. [3] [4]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Corymbia abergiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ "Species profile—Eucalyptus abergiana". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Corymbia abergiana". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 5 June 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus abergiana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "Corymbia abergiana". EucaLink: A Web Guide to the Eucalypts. Botanic Gardens Trust, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Eucalyptus abergiana". APNI. Retrieved 28 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1878). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ "Corymbia abergiana". APNI. Retrieved 28 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ Hill, Kenneth D.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. (13 December 1995). "Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 6 (2–3): 244–245. doi: 10.7751/telopea19953017 .
  10. ↑ "Range bloodwood – Corymbia abergiana". Wetlandinfo. Queensland Government . Retrieved 15 October 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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