Corymbia confertiflora

Last updated

Broad-leaved carbeen
Corymbia confertiflora.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. confertiflora
Binomial name
Corymbia confertiflora
Synonyms [1]
  • Eucalyptus confertiflora Kippist
  • Eucalyptus floribunda F.Muell.
flower buds and flowers Corymbia confertiflora buds.jpg
flower buds and flowers

Corymbia confertiflora, commonly known as the broad-leaved carbeen or the rough leaf cabbage gum, [2] is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark near the base of the trunk, smooth white to pale grey bark above, a crown of both intermediate and adult leaves, large numbers of flower buds borne on leafless sections of branchlets in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped or bell-shaped fruit.

Contents

Description

Corymbia confertiflora is an often straggly or crooked tree that typically grows to a height of 3–18 m (9.8–59.1 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, tessellated dark grey bark near the base, then abruptly white to pale grey bark above, the smooth bark shed in thin flakes. The tree is usually deciduous in the dry season. Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile round, heart-shaped or egg-shaped leaves that are 98–230 mm (3.9–9.1 in) long, 42–17 mm (1.65–0.67 in) wide and arranged in opposite pairs. The crown is composed of both intermediate and adult leaves that are the same shade of dull green on both sides, heart-shaped to broadly elliptical to egg-shaped, 60–160 mm (2.4–6.3 in) long, 25–103 mm (0.98–4.06 in) wide and more or less sessile or on a petiole 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on leafless parts of branchlets on a much-branched peduncle that is up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long. The buds are arranged in groups of seven or more on each branch of the peduncle, on pedicels 7–30 mm (0.28–1.18 in) long. Mature buds are pear-shaped, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide with a rounded, sometimes pointed operculum. Flowering occurs from July to December and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody cylindrical, barrel-shaped or bell-shaped capsule 7–16 mm (0.28–0.63 in) long and 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) wide and thin-walled with the valves enclosed in the fruit. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

The broad-leaved carbeen was first formally described in an 1859 manuscript by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Eucalyptus floribunda. The name E. floribunda was already in use (now Angophora floribunda ) and when Richard Kippist entered Mueller's description in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany , he changed the name to E. confertiflora. Under the rules of botanical nomenclature, the name is therefore attributed to Kippist, even though Mueller supplied the description. [7] [8] In 1995 Kenneth Hill and Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson changed the name to Corymbia confertiflora in the journal Telopea . [5] [9] The specific epithet (confertiflora) is derived from the Latin confertus meaning "crowded" and -florus meaning "-flowered", [10] referring to the crowded flowers. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Corymbia confertiflora is widespread in northern Australia and occurs from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, through the Top End of the Northern Territory and south-eastern Arnhem Land, then near-coastal areas around the Gulf of Carpentaria to near Townsville and the Kennedy River in Queensland. It grows in open woodland and forest on plains and levees, and is often associated with limestone. [3] [6]

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Corymbia abergiana</i> Species of plant

Corymbia abergiana, commonly known as range bloodwood or Rockingham Bay bloodwood, 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.

<i>Corymbia tessellaris</i> Species of plant

Corymbia tessellaris, commonly known as carbeen or Moreton Bay ash, is a species of tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the lower trunk abruptly changing to smooth, whitish bark above, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and cylindrical or urn-shaped fruit

<i>Corymbia abbreviata</i> Species of plant

Corymbia abbreviata, also known as the scraggy bloodwood, is a species of straggly tree that is native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It has rough bark, a crown of stiff leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flower buds usually in crowded groups on the ends of branchlets and urn-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia aspera</i> Species of plant

Corymbia aspera, commonly known as the rough-leaved ghost gum, rough leaf range gum, desert bloodwood, Brittle Range gum in Western Australia, or snappy gum in the Northern Territory is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has smooth white bark, sometimes with a short stocking of rough bark near the base, a crown of sessile juvenile, heart-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or cylindrical fruit.

<i>Corymbia bleeseri</i> Species of plant

Corymbia bleeseri, commonly known as the glossy-leaved bloodwood or the smooth-stemmed bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has thin, rough bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia cliftoniana</i> Species of plant

Corymbia cliftoniana is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has thick, rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and shortened spherical fruit.

<i>Corymbia collina</i> Species of plant

Corymbia collina, commonly known as the silver-leaved bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has thin patchy rough bark on some or all of the trunk, smooth white to pale grey bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.

Corymbia deserticola is a species of straggly tree, a mallee or a shrub that is native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, mostly sessile, heart-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flower buds in groups of seven on each branch of a peduncle, creamy yellow flowers and urn-shaped to shortened spherical fruit.

<i>Corymbia ferruginea</i> Species of plant

Corymbia ferruginea, commonly known as the rusty bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, a crown of sessile juvenile leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, pale creamy yellow flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia foelscheana</i> Species of plant

Corymbia foelscheana, commonly known as the broad-leaved bloodwood, fan-leaved bloodwood or smooth-barked bloodwood, is a species of small tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has thin, rough, tessellated bark on some or all of the trunk, smooth bark above, broadly egg-shaped to broadly lance- shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

Corymbia hamersleyana is a species of small tree or mallee that is endemic to the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It has rough, flaky bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth cream-coloured bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flowers buds in groups of seven or nine, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

Corymbia brachycarpa is a species of tree that is endemic to central Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Corymbia lamprophylla, commonly known as the shiny-leaved bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to central Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia latifolia</i> Species of plant

Corymbia latifolia, commonly known as the round-leaved bloodwood, round leaf bloodwood, wubam and other names in indigenous languages, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has thin, rough bark over part or all of the trunk, smooth bark above, triangular or broadly egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

Corymbia pauciseta is a species of small tree that is endemic to north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It has rough, tessellated bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth white bark above, a crown of intermediate and adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia peltata</i> Species of plant

Corymbia peltata, commonly known as yellowjacket or rustyjacket, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth yellowish bark above, a crown of mostly juvenile egg-shaped to round leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped, urn-shaped or shortened spherical fruit.

Corymbia scabrida, commonly known as the rough-leaved yellowjacket, is a species of small tree that is endemic to central Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, a crown of juvenile and intermediate leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and barrel-shaped to urn-shaped or shortened spherical fruit.

<i>Corymbia setosa</i> Species of plant

Corymbia setosa, commonly known as the rough leaved bloodwood or desert bloodwood, is a species of small tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated brown bark on the trunk and branches, a crown of juvenile, heart-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to shortened spherical fruit.

<i>Corymbia umbonata</i> Species of plant

Corymbia umbonata, commonly known as the rusty bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Top End of the Northern Territory. It has thin, rough bark on the trunk, often also the branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

<i>Corymbia watsoniana</i> Species of plant

Corymbia watsoniana, commonly known as the large-fruited yellowjacket, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.

References

  1. 1 2 "Corymbia confertiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Corymbia confertiflora (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson". NT Flora. Northern Territory Government . Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Corymbia confertiflora". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Corymbia confertiflora". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. 1 2 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): 428–429. doi: 10.7751/telopea19953017 .
  6. 1 2 Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus confertiflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Eucalyptus confertiflora". APNI. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand; Kippist, Richard (1859). "Monograph of the Eucalypti of Tropical Australia". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 3: 96–97. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Corymbia confertiflora". APNI. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 168. ISBN   9780958034180.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.