Eucalyptus acaciiformis
| Wattle-leaved peppermint | |
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| Eucalyptus acaciiformis in the Gibraltar Range National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. acaciiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus acaciiformis | |
Eucalyptus acaciiformis, commonly known as wattle-leaved peppermint[3] is a tree growing to about 20 metres (66 ft) in height that is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It has rough, fibrous bark, lance-shaped leaves, white flowers and cup-shaped to bell-shaped fruit. It grows in poor shallow soil, on ridges and slopes.
Description
[edit]Eucalyptus acaciiformis is a tree that grows to a height of 2.5–10 m (8–30 ft) and has rough, fibrous or stringy, grey to grey-brown bark. The leaves on young plants are elliptic in shape, 20–45 mm (0.8–2 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide. Adult leaves are dull green to grey-green on both sides, lance-shaped and 50–120 mm (2–5 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide on a petiole 6–18 mm (0.24–0.71 in) long. The flowers are borne in groups of up to seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 2–6 mm (0.079–0.24 in) long, the individual flowers on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.12 in) long. The buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.12 in) wide and the stamens are white. Flowering occurs in December and January and the fruit are cup-shaped to bell-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Eucalyptus acaciiformis was first formally described in 1899 by Henry Deane and Joseph Maiden who published the description in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[6][7] The specific epithet (acaciiformis) refers to the similarity of the leaves of this species to some in the genus Acacia, the ending -formis being a Latin suffix meaning "shaped".[4][8]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Willow-leaved peppermint occurs on the northern tablelands north from Nowendoc and almost to the Queensland border. It grows in poor and shallow soils on slopes and ridges, mostly in woodland.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Fensham, R.; Laffineur, B.; Collingwood, T. (2019). "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T133348891A133354634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133348891A133354634.en. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Hill, Ken D. "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ a b Chippendale, George McCartney. "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Eucalyptus acaciiformis". APNI. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Deane, Henry; Maiden, Joseph (1899). "Observation on the eucalypts of New South Wales, Part V". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 24 (3): 454–456. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 46.