Eucalyptus gypsophila

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

Eucalyptus gypsophila, also known as the kopi mallee, [2] is a species of mallee that is native to Western Australia and South Australia. It has rough, flaky bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth light grey bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds mostly in groups of between seven and eleven, creamy white flowers and conical to cylindrical fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus gypsophila is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 3 to 6 metres (10 to 20 ft) and has persistent rough bark toward the base of the trunk, smooth light grey over pinkish grey to coppery cream coloured bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have slightly glaucous, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves that are 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) long and 25–45 mm (0.98–1.77 in) wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same dull blue-grey to grey-green on both sides, lance-shaped, 90–130 mm (3.5–5.1 in) long and 18–25 mm (0.71–0.98 in)) wide with the base tapering to a petiole 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils, usually in groups of seven, nine or eleven on a peduncle 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long. Mature buds are oval, 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long and 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum that has radiating striations. Flowering occurs between July and December and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody, conical to cylindrical capsule 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long and 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) wide with the valves near rim level. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus gypsophila was first formally described in 1997 by the botanist Dean Nicolle in the journal Nuytsia . [6] [7] The specific epithet (gypsophila) is from the Greek gypsos meaning 'gypsum' and philos , 'loving', referring to this species commonly occurring on gypsum sand dunes around dry lakes. [5]

This species was previously included in E. striaticalyx but that species is a tree. [5]

Eucalyptus infracorticata is listed as a synonym of E. gypsophila at Plants of the World Online, [8] but is an accepted species at the Australian Plant Census. [9]

This mallee belongs in subgenus Symphyomyrtus section Dumaria, to a large sub-group, series Rufispermae, composed of 37 described species and subspecies including E. kondininensis , E. striaticalyx and E. repullulans . [10]

Distribution

Kopi mallee is widespread in the Great Victoria Desert, from east of Laverton in Western Australia to the western edge of the Gawler Ranges in South Australia. Over most of its range it grows on red sand over limestone, often near salt lakes or dry lakes. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Eucalyptus gypsophila". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Dean Nicolle. "Native Eucalypts of South Australia" . Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus gypsophila". Euclid. CSIRO . Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Eucalyptus gypsophila". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Nicolle, Dean (2013). Native Eucalypts of South Australia. Adelaide: Dean Nicolle. pp. 142–143. ISBN   9780646904108.
  6. 1 2 Nicolle, Dean (1997). "A taxonomic revision of the Eucalyptus striaticalyx group (Eucalyptus series Rufispermae: Myrtaceae)". Nuytsia. 11 (3): 373–376. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Eucalyptus gypsophila". APNI. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Eucalyptus gypsophila". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eucalyptus infracorticata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Eucalyptus striaticalyx". Euclid. CSIRO . Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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