Eucalyptus creta

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Large-fruited gimlet

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. creta
Binomial name
Eucalyptus creta
K.D.Hill[1]

Eucalyptus creta, commonly known as the large-fruited gimlet,[2] is a species of mallet or tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, shiny bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three in leaf axils, relatively large white to creamy yellow flowers, and broadly hemispherical to bell-shaped fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus creta is a mallet or tree that typically grows to a height of 3–15 m (9.8–49.2 ft) but does not form a

capsule with two wings along the sides and the valves at the same level as the rim or extended beyond it.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus creta was first formally described in 1991 by Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill from a specimen collected north of Mount Ney, north-east of Esperance.[4][6] The specific epithet (creta) is a Latin word meaning "grow" or "increase",[7] "referring to the buds, flowers and fruit".[4]

Distribution and habitat

Large-fruited gimlet is locally common in a restricted area north-east of Esperance in the

biogeographic regions, where it grows on calcareous plains in sandy loam or clay with little understorey vegetation.[3][5]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eucalyptus creta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Eucalyptus creta". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^
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  5. ^ a b Archer, William. "Eucalyptus creta - large fruited gimlet". Esperance Wildflowers. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Eucalyptus creta". APNI. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 384.
  8. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 17 May 2019.