Eucalyptus phaenophylla

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

Eucalyptus phaenophylla, also known as common southern mallee,[1] is a mallee that is native to Western Australia.[2]

The mallee typically grows to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft) and has smooth bark that is shed in ribbons toward the base. It blooms between September and March producing green-yellow inflorescences.

It is found on gently undulating sand plains, breakaways and ridges in the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly sandy lateritic soils.

The species was first formally described by the botanists Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper in 1991. It was published in the article A taxonomic revision of Eucalyptus wandoo, E. redunca and allied species (Eucalyptus series Levispermae Maiden - Myrtaceae) in Western Australia as published in the journal Nuytsia.[3]

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Eucalyptus phaenophylla subsp. interjacens
  • Eucalyptus phaenophylla subsp. phaenophylla

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dean Nicolle. "Classification of the Eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus phaenophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus phaenophylla Brooker & Hopper". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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