Corymbia polysciada
| Apple gum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Corymbia |
| Species: | C. polysciada
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| Binomial name | |
| Corymbia polysciada | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucalyptus polysciada F.Muell. | |
Corymbia polysciada, commonly known as apple gum, paper-fruited bloodwood or bolomin,[2] is a species of tree that is endemic to the Top End of the Northern Territory. It has rough, tessellated bark on some or all or the trunk, smooth bark above, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped from on long pedicels.
Description
Corymbia polysciada is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 m (49 ft) and forms a
Taxonomy and naming
This bloodwood was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Eucalyptus polysciada and published the description in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.[6][7] In 1995 Ken Hill and Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson changed the name to Corymbia polysciada.[4][8] The Wagiman peoples know the tree as bolomin.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Corymbia polysciada is widespread and common in the wetter woodlands of the Northern Territory north from near Mataranka, where it grows on stony ridges and on gravelly plains.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Corymbia polysciada". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Corymbia polysciada (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson". NT Flora. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Corymbia polysciada (F. Muell.) K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Telopea 6: 417 (1995)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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- ^ "Corymbia polysciada". Centre for Australian National biodiversity Research. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Eucalyptus polysciada". APNI. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). "Monograph of the Eucalypti of Tropical Australia". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 3: 98. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Corymbia polysciada". APNI. Retrieved 23 February 2020.