Eucalyptus depauperata
| Eucalyptus depauperata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. depauperata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus depauperata | |
Eucalyptus depauperata is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]
Description
The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 4 metres (7 to 13 ft) but can be as tall as 7 metres (23 ft).[1]The tree has a lignotuber and generally has spindly stems.[2] The bark is smooth and pale grey to salmon-brown in colour. The concolorous, glossy, green adult leaves have a linear to narrowly elliptical shaped blade that is 3 to 8 centimetres (1.2 to 3.1 in) in length with a width of 0.4 to 1.5 cm (0.16 to 0.59 in).[2] It blooms in September producing yellow flowers[1] that are sometimes pink-red. The flowers are supported on axillary inflorescences which later form cupular to obconical shaped fruits that are 0.8 to 1.0 cm (0.31 to 0.39 in) in length with a width of 0.6 to 0.9 cm (0.24 to 0.35 in) and contain dark brown flattened-ovoid shaped seeds.[2]
Classification
The species was first formally identified by the botanists Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson and Ken Hill (botanist) in 1992 in the journal Telopea. The type specimen was collected by Hill in 1988 near Lake King.[2]
It is part of the Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus in the section Bisectae and the subsection Glandulosae. It is closely related to Eucalyptus eremophila, Eucalyptus incerata and Eucalyptus tenera.[2]
The species name depauperata is from the latin word ''depauperatus meaning imperfectly developed referring to the small habit, buds and fruits.[2]
Distribution
It is found on sandplains and lateritic breakaways in the southern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.[1] Its range extends from the southern wheatbelt, with large numbers around Lake King extending south-east to around Munglinup.[2]