Eucalyptus clivicola

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Green mallet
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Eucalyptus clivicola near Ravensthorpe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. clivicola
Binomial name
Eucalyptus clivicola

Eucalyptus clivicola, commonly known as green mallet, [3] is a species of eucalypt that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth bark, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and thirteen, pale yellow flowers and barrel-shaped, conical or cylindrical fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus clivicola is a mallet that typically grows to a height of 12 m (39 ft) and rarely forms a lignotuber. It has smooth grey over yellowish bark with flakes of rough, greyish bark that has not been completely shed. Its adult leaves are linear to lance-shaped, 45–95 mm (1.8–3.7 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between nine and thirteen on a peduncle 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) long that widens near the end, the individual buds on a pedicel 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. Mature buds are top-shaped to elongated, 14–21 mm (0.55–0.83 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a conical to horn-shaped operculum up to three times as long as the floral cup. Flowering occurs from December to May and the flowers are pale yellow. The fruit is a woody, barrel-shaped, to conical or cylindrical capsule 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) wide. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus clivicola was first formally described in 1991 by Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper from a specimen on the Ravensthorpe - Hopetoun road and the description was publish in the journal Nuytsia . [5] [6] The specific epithet (clivicola) is derived from the Latin word clivus meaning "ascent", "elevation", "hill" or "sloping hillside" [7] : 536  with the suffix -cola meaning "dweller", [7] : 217  referring to the usual habitat of this species. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Green mallet often grows in pure stands of open forest on breakaways, rarely on flat ground. It occurs between Ongerup, Ravensthorpe and Lake Magenta in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions. [4] [5]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Fensham, R., Laffineur, B. & Collingwood, T. 2019. Eucalyptus clivicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T133378601A133378603. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133378601A133378603.en. Downloaded on 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus clivicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus clivicola". Euclid: Centre for Australian National biodiversity Research. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus clivicola". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. 1 2 3 Brooker, M. Ian; Hopper, Stephen D. (1991). "A taxonomic revision of Eucalyptus wandoo, E. redunca and allied species (Eucalyptus series Levispermae Maiden - Myrtaceae) in Western Australia". Nuytsia. 8 (1): 92–96. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Eucalyptus clivicola". APNI. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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