Corymbia hylandii

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Corymbia hylandii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Corymbia
Species:
C. hylandii
Binomial name
Corymbia hylandii
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Corymbia hylandii(D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson subsp. hylandii
    • Eucalyptus hylandiiD.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr
    • Eucalyptus hylandii var. campestrisD.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr
    • Eucalyptus hylandiiD.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr var. hylandii
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Flower buds
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Fruit

Corymbia hylandii, commonly known as Hyland's bloodwood, [2] is a species of small tree that is endemic to part of the Cape York Peninsula. 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 fruit.

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Description

Corymbia hylandii is a tree that typically grows to a height of 5 m (16 ft), rarely to 15 m (49 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, tessellated, grey-brown or red-brown bark on the trunk and larger branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have elliptical to oblong leaves that are 35–80 mm (1.4–3.1 in) long, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) wide and arranged in opposite pairs. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped, 84–1,950 mm (3.3–76.8 in) long and 9–25 mm (0.35–0.98 in) wide on a petiole 7–25 mm (0.28–0.98 in) long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a thin, branched peduncle 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long, each branch of the peduncle with seven buds on pedicels 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long. Mature buds are pear-shaped to oval, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering has been observed in April and June and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped capsule 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long and 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) wide with a short neck and the valves enclosed in the fruit. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Hyland's bloodwood was first formally described in 1987 by Denis Carr and Stella Carr and was given the name Eucalyptus hylandii. [5] In 1995 Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to Corymbia hylandii. [4] [6] The specific epithet (hylandii) honours Bernie Hyland. [2]

Distribution and habitat

Corymbia hylandii grows in shallow soil on sandstone and granite ridges and is widespread on the northern and eastern Cape York Peninsula from Bathurst Bay to Laura. [2] [4]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [7]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Corymbia hylandii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Corymbia hylandii". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Corymbia hylandii (D.J. Carr & S.G.M. Carr) K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Telopea 6: 283 (1995)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 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): 283–286. doi: 10.7751/telopea19953017 .
  5. ↑ "Eucalyptus hylandii". APNI. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Corymbia hylandii". APNI. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Species profile - Corymbia hylandii". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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