Eucalyptus kumarlensis

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

Eucalyptus kumarlensis is a species of tree that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, linear to narrow, curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, nine or eleven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus kumarlensis is a tree, sometimes a mallee, that typically grows to a height of 6–10 m (20–33 ft). It has smooth, pink or orange and white bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull greyish green, linear leaves that are 30–75 mm (1.2–3.0 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide. Adult leaves are glossy green, linear, 60–110 mm (2.4–4.3 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide on a petiole 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncle 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering has been observed in February and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical capsule 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide with the valves close to rim level. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus kumarlensis was first formally described in 1988 by Ian Brooker, from a specimen collected west of the Coolgardie–Esperance Highway on the road to Lake King. The description was published in the journal Nuytsia . [4] [5] The specific epithet (kumarlensis) refers to the district where this species is found. [4]

Distribution and habitat

This eucalypt grows on sand, calcareous loam between Kumarl and Lake Dundas north-west of Salmon Gums.

Conservation status

The Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife has classified E. kumarlensis as "not threatened". [2]

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References

  1. "Eucalyptus kumarlensis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Eucalyptus kumarlensis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Eucalyptus kumarlensis". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Brooker, M. Ian H. (1988). "Eucalyptus foecunda and six related new species (Myrtaceae)". Nuytsia. 6 (3): 333–334. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Eucalyptus kumarlensis". APNI. Retrieved 9 August 2019.