Xanthostemon eucalyptoides

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Xanthostemon eucalyptoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Xanthostemon
Species:
X. eucalyptoides
Binomial name
Xanthostemon eucalyptoides

Xanthostemon eucalyptoides is a tree species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Australia. [1]

The tree typically grows to a height of 8 to 25 metres (26 to 82 ft). It blooms between June and July producing cream coloured flowers. [1] The stem has a cream or pale brown colour with brittle stripes usually visible in the outer blaze. [2] The stem is covered in flaky grey bark. [3] The evergreen leaf blades are amplexicaul with a length of 5 to 12 centimetres (2.0 to 4.7 in) and a width of 3 to 7 centimetres (1.18 to 2.76 in) and having curving lateral veins. [2] The leaves are discolorous with an elliptic shape with a base that is obtuse to cordate and an apex that is obtuse or emarginate. The inflorescence is cymose, often several in the upper axils forming a terminal cluster of five to thirty flowers that are up to 40 millimetres (1.57 in) long. [3] The fruits have a globular shape with a diameter of about 5 to 6 millimetres (0.20 to 0.24 in) with a calyx persistent at the base. [2]

The tree has a typical lifespan of over 20 years forming seeds after 10 years. It has a lignotuber and will resprout basally following fire. [4]

It is found in along watercourses in the east Kimberley region of Western Australia between the Prince Regent National Park and Wyndham where it grows in rocky sandstone-based soils. [1] The plants range extends into the Northern Territory, [2] from the Western Australian border as far east as the Arnhem Land plateau and south to about Pine Creek. [3]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . Other synonyms include Metrosideros eucalyptoides, Nania eucalyptoides and Nania eucalyptodes. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Xanthostemon eucalyptoides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 4 F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Xanthostemon eucalyptoides". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell". NTFlora. Northern Territory Government . Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fire responses of Xanthostemon eucalyptoides". Northern Land Manager. May 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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