Eucalyptus cerasiformis

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Cherry-fruited mallee
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Status DECF P4.svg
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. cerasiformis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus cerasiformis

Eucalyptus cerasiformis, commonly known as the cherry-fruited mallee, [2] is a mallee that is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It has smooth, pale grey, sometimes powdery bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, pale yellow or whitish flowers and cylindrical or bell-shaped fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus cerasiformis is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 2 to 3.5 metres (7 to 11 ft) and has smooth, pale grey and white, sometimes powdery bark. The adult leaves are thin and the same glossy, grey-green on both sides. The leaf blade is narrow lance-shaped, 50–112 mm (2.0–4.4 in) long and 5–14 mm (0.20–0.55 in) wide on a petiole 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) long. The flower buds are borne in groups of seven in leaf axils on a thin peduncle 18–50 mm (0.71–1.97 in) long, the individual buds on a pedicel 7–16 mm (0.28–0.63 in) long. Mature buds are more or less cylindrical, 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) long and 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum with a point on the tip. Flowering occurs between December and March and the flowers are pale yellow or whitish. The fruit is a woody cylindrical, bell-shaped, urn-shaped or hemispherical capsule. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus cerasiformis was first formally described in 1978 by Ian Brooker and Donald Blaxell from a specimen collected by Blaxell near the Hyden - Norseman Road, 164 km (102 mi) east of Hyden. The description was published in the journal Nuytsia. [5] [6] The specific epithet (cerasiformis) is derived from the Latin cerasus meaning "cherry-tree" [7] :194 and -formis meaning "shape", [7] :46 referring to the hanging flower buds resembling a bunch of cherries. [2]

Distribution and habitat

Cherry-fruited mallee is only known from the type location, just north of Lake Johnston where it grows in low, open forest in red-loamy soils. [2] [3] [4]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, [3] meaning that is rare or near threatened. [8]

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus cerasiformis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. 1 2 Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus cerasiformis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. 1 2 Brooker, Donald F. Ian; Blaxell, W. (1978). "Five new species of Eucalyptus from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 2 (4): 226–228. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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  8. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 22 April 2019.