Corymbia foelscheana

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Broad-leaved bloodwood
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Corymbia foelscheana at Katherine
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. foelscheana
Binomial name
Corymbia foelscheana
Synonyms [1]
  • Eucalyptus darwinensis D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr
  • Eucalyptus foelscheana F.Muell.
  • Eucalyptus kakaduD.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr
  • Eucalyptus leiophloia Blakely & Jacobs
  • Eucalyptus leiophloiaBlakely & Jacobs var. leiophloia
  • Eucalyptus leiophloia var. lepidophloiaBlakely & Jacobs
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flowers and leaves
Illustration from Eucalyptographia Eucalyptographia. A descriptive atlas of the eucalypts of Australia and the adjoining islands; (1879) (20795635471).jpg
Illustration from Eucalyptographia

Corymbia foelscheana, commonly known as broad-leaved bloodwood, fan-leaved bloodwood [2] or smooth-barked bloodwood, [3] 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.

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Description

Corymbia foelscheana is a tree that typically grows to a height to 5–12 m (16–39 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has thin, rough, tessellated brown, grey or reddish bark that is shed in small polygonal flakes, on part or all of the trunk, smooth white to cream-coloured bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull green, broadly egg-shaped to oblong or round leaves that are 170–250 mm (6.7–9.8 in) long and 150–185 mm (5.9–7.3 in) wide with a wavy margin. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of dull green on both sides, broadly egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, 100–275 mm (3.9–10.8 in) long and 40–135 mm (1.6–5.3 in) wide on a petiole 18–40 mm (0.71–1.57 in) long. The flower buds are mostly arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle 9–50 mm (0.35–1.97 in) long, each branch of the peduncle usually with seven buds on pedicels 5–14 mm (0.20–0.55 in) long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, 9–14 mm (0.35–0.55 in) long and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) wide with a rounded operculum that sometimes has rounded knob in the centre. Flowering occurs from December to January or from January to May and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped capsule 22–30 mm (0.87–1.18 in) long and 14–24 mm (0.55–0.94 in) wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Taxonomy and naming

The broad-leaved bloodwood was first formally described in 1882 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Chemist and Druggist with Australasian Supplement and given the name Eucalyptus foelscheana. The type specimens were collected "near Port Darwin" by Paul Foelsche. [8] [9] In 1995 Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to Corymbia foelscheana. [7] [10]

Distribution and habitat

This eucalypt grows on gentle slopes, on low rocky hills in open forest and in low open woodland usually in loamy and laterite soils. It occurs from the Kimberley region of Western Australia and east through the top end of the Northern Territory, including on Melville Island. [2] [3] [5]

In a woodland setting associated species include Erythrophleum chlorostachys , Xanthostemon paradoxus , Eucalyptus setosa , Eucalyptus confertiflora and Eucalyptus latifolia in the overstorey and Grevillea decurrens , Gardenia megasperma and Calytrix exstipulata in the sparsely vegetated understorey. [11]

See also

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

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

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Corymbia porrecta, commonly known as grey bloodwood, is a species of small tree that is endemic to the Northern Territory. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

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

Corymbia setosa, commonly known as 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 torelliana</i> Species of plant

Corymbia torelliana, commonly known as cadaghi or cadaga, is a species of tree that is endemic to north Queensland. It has smooth, greenish grey to white bark, rough at the base of older trees, egg-shaped, heart-shaped or lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and urn-shaped or shortened spherical fruit.

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

Corymbia watsoniana, commonly known as 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

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  5. 1 2 "Corymbia foelscheana". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ↑ "Corymbia foelscheana (F. Muell.) K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Telopea 6: 333 (1995)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. 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): 333–335. doi: 10.7751/telopea19953017 .
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  9. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1882). "Definition of a new species of Eucalyptus". The Chemist and Druggist with Australasian Supplement. 5 (55): 56. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Corymbia foelscheana". APNI. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  11. ↑ C.M. Finlayson; Isabell von Oertzen (2012). Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9789400901339.
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