Eucalyptus mcquoidii

Eucalyptus mcquoidii
Bark of Eucalyptus mcquoidii.

Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. mcquoidii
Binomial name
Eucalyptus mcquoidii

Eucalyptus mcquoidii is a tree that is native to Western Australia.[1]

The small tree typically grows to a height of 10 metres (33 ft) and does not form a lignotuber. It produces yellow-green flowers between April and October.

Eucalyptus mcquoidii belongs in Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus, section Bisectae, subsection Hadrotes because of its coarsely bisected cotyledons, erect stamens and larger, thick-rimmed fruits. The subsection Hadrotes contains ten species of which eight do not have oil glands in the branchlet pith. Together these eight species form series Lehmannianae, a group that has fruit with exserted valves that have fused tips even after the seeds are lost, a feature also shared with the distantly related Eucalyptus cornuta.[2]

Of the eight species in series Lehmannianae, four species (Eucalyptus mcquoidii, E. conferruminata, E. lehmannii and E. arborella) have the buds in each axillary cluster, fused basally.[2]

It is found on coastal slopes, creeklines and cliff tops in a small area along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance where it grows in skeletal sandy soils over and around quartzite and granite.[1] The bulk of the population is confined to the Fitzgerald River National Park.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eucalyptus mcquoidii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 "Eucalyptus lehmannii". Euclid. CSIRO. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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