Eucalyptus decurva

Slender mallee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. decurva
Binomial name
Eucalyptus decurva

Eucalyptus decurva, also known as the slender mallee, is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]

The mallee typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 5 metres (5 to 16 ft) and has smooth bark. It blooms between April to October producing white-pink flowers.[1] The tree forms a lignotuber and the bark has a smooth powdery surface and is white-gray, salmon to yellow-green in colour. The adult leaves are disjunct and a glossy green colour.[2] The leaf blade is lanceolate, falcate, acute and basally tapered.[3] The axillary simple conflorescence forms with flowers that curve downward and occur in buds of seven.[2] The fruits that form later a globose to ovoid with depressed discs.[3] The species is closely related to Eucalyptus doratoxylon.[2]

It is found in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and lateritic soils.[1] The mallee is usually part of a heathland ecosystems on coastal and sub-coastal areas.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 as part of the work Fragmenta phytographica Australiae from samples collected by G.Maxwell to the east of the Porongurups.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus decurva". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eucalyptus decurva slender mallee". Windmill Outback Nursery. 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus decurva". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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