Eucalyptus panda

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

Eucalyptus panda, commonly known as tumbledown ironbark [2] or Yetman ironbark, [3] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has dark ironbark, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus panda is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has grey to black ironbark from the base of the trunk to the thinnest branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull green, lance-shaped leaves that are 50–90 mm (2.0–3.5 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of dull green on both sides, linear to lance-shaped, 50–110 mm (2.0–4.3 in) long and 8–22 mm (0.31–0.87 in) wide tapering to a petiole 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a branched peduncle 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering occurs from May to November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, broadly cup-shaped to hemispherical capsule 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) wide with the valves near rim level. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Eucalyptus panda was first formally described in 1958 by Stanley Thatcher Blake from material collected near Barakula by Samuel Roscoe Stevens in 1957. [5] [6] The specific epithet (panda) is from Latin meaning "bent" or "crooked", possibly referring the habit of this ironbark. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Tumbledown ironbark grows in woodland in sandy soil on plains and low ridges from near the Carnarvon National Park, south to Texas in Queensland, and just into New South Wales near Yetman.

Conservation status

This eucalypt is listed as "listed concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [7]

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Eucalyptus paedoglauca, commonly known as the Mount Stuart ironbark, is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to a small area in Queensland. It has rough, dark ironbark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit. It is only known from a few hills near Townsville.

<i>Eucalyptus quadricostata</i> Species of eucalyptus

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<i>Eucalyptus rhombica</i> Species of eucalyptus

Eucalyptus rhombica is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to a small area of south-east Queensland. It has rough, ironbark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit.

Eucalyptus taurina, commonly known as the Helidon ironbark, is a species of medium-sized to tall ironbark that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough ironbark on the trunk and sometimes the larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical to hemispherical fruit.

<i>Eucalyptus virens</i> Species of eucalyptus

Eucalyptus virens, commonly known as the shiny-leaved ironbark, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has hard ironbark on the trunk and branches, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.

Eucalyptus farinosa is a species of small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has hard, dark grey ironbark, egg-shaped to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped and ribbed fruit.

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