Eucalyptus macrorhyncha

Red gum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. macrorhyncha
Binomial name
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
E. macrorhyncha, field distribution

Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, commonly known as red gum or red stringybark,[1] is a small to medium-sized tree with rough, thick fibrous and stringy, dark-brown bark.

Adult leaves are stalked, lanceolate, to 15 x 2.5 cm, concolorous, and slightly glossy green. White flowers appear in mid summer to mid autumn.

E. macrorhyncha was first recognised as a distinct species and given its name by Ferdinand von Mueller. In 1867, George Bentham published a formal description in Volume 3 of his Flora Australiensis. Bentham's description was based on syntypes collected by Mueller and Frederick Adamson.[2]

The tree occurs on ranges and tablelands of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, with a small, disjunct population south-west of Clare in South Australia.[3]

Subspecies

  • Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth. subsp. macrorhyncha[4]
  • Eucalyptus macrorhyncha subsp. cannonii (R.T.Baker) L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell - Cannon's stringybark or Capertree stringybark, regarded by some authorities as a separate species, Eucalyptus cannonii.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australian plant common name database". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ↑ Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. Field Guide to Eucalyptus, Bloomings, Melbourne 2001
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth. subsp. macrorhyncha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eucalyptus macrorhyncha subsp. cannonii (R.T.Baker) L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  • "Eucalyptus macrorhyncha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  • "Eucalyptus macrorhyncha". EucaLink: A Web Guide to the Eucalypts. Botanic Gardens Trust, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of New South Wales.


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