Eucalyptus brevistylis

Rate's tingle

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. brevistylis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus brevistylis

Eucalyptus brevistylis, commonly known as Rate's Tingle, is a tree that is native to south-western Western Australia .[1]

The tree typically grows to a height of 20 to 50 metres (66 to 164 ft) with fibrous stringy bark. It blooms for most of the year producing white flowers. Confined to a small area on the south coast where the South West meets the Great Southern region it grows in sandy loamy soils.[1]

Rate's Tingle and Red Tingle, Eucalyptus jacksonii, are closely related both of which can live for up to 400 years.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ian Brooker in 1974 in the article Six new species of Eucalyptus from Western Australia in the journal Nuytsia.[3] The samples were collected by Bruce Maslin approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east of Walpole.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eucalyptus brevistylis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "The Tingle Forest". GondwanaLink. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus brevistylis Brooker". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus brevistylis Brooker, Nuytsia 1(4): 310 (1974)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2017.


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