Eucalyptus cuspidata

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Eucalyptus cuspidata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. cuspidata
Binomial name
Eucalyptus cuspidata

Eucalyptus cuspidata is a species of small, spreading mallee that is native to the south-west of Western Australia. [2]

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It was first formally described in 1849 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the journal, Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou . [3] In 1867, George Bentham listed it in Flora Australiensis as a synonym of Eucalyptus incrassata var. angulosa occurring in Western Australia [4] [5] as did Joseph Maiden in A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus. [6] [7] In 1988, George Chippendale listed it in Flora of Australia as a synonym of Eucalyptus angulosa . [8] Nevertheless, it is an accepted name by the Australian Plant Census. [1]

It grows on plains and on the edges of seasonal swamps in the Esperance Plains biogeographic region. [2]

Conservation status

Eucalyptus cuspidata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus cuspidata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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