Eucalyptus aridimontana

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Eucalyptus aridimontana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. aridimontana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus aridimontana

Eucalyptus aridimontana is a mallee that is endemic to a small area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus aridimontana is a mallee that grows to a height of 4–6 metres (13–20 ft) and forms a

coppice regrowth are dull green to bluish, lance-shaped and up to 55 mm (2 in) long and 22 mm (0.9 in) wide. The adult leaves are lance-shaped, mostly 70–145 mm (3–6 in) long and 10–26 mm (0.4–1 in) wide. The flower buds are borne in groups of seven or nine on the ends of the branches and in leaf axils on a thickened peduncle 6–16 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long, the individual flowers on a pedicel 1–6 mm (0.0–0.2 in) long. The mature buds are club-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide with a conical operculum. The flowers are white and the fruit are barrel-shaped, 4.5–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long and 3.5–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus aridimontana was first formally described in 2012 by Dean Nicolle and Malcolm E. French from a specimen collected near Tom Price. The description was published in the journal Nuytsia.[3][5] The specific epithet (aridimontana) is derived from Latin words meaning "dry" and "montane", referring to the habitat of this species.[3][6]

Distribution and habitat

This mallee grows in skeletal soils on the slopes, ridges and summits of high mountains in the

biogeographic regions.[3][4]

Conservation

Eucalyptus aridimontana is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government

Department of Parks and Wildlife.[4]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133377939A133377941.en
    . Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Eucalyptus aridimontana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Nicolle, Dean; French, Malcolm E. (2012). "Two new mallee box species (Eucalyptus sect. Adnataria ser. Lucasianae;) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 22 (2): 21–25. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Eucalyptus aridimontana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. ^ "Eucalyptus aridimontana". APNI. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  6. ISBN 9780958034180
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