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Eucalyptus viminalis

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Identification
Isotype of Eucalyptus viminalis Labillardiere [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Boomsma, 1980
Related name
  • Eucalyptus virgata
  • Eucalyptus viminalis
  • Eucalyptus mannifera
  • Eucalyptus pilularis

Flora

Entry for EUCALYPTUS viminalis Labill. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
EUCALYPTUS viminalis Labill. [family MYRTACEAE], New Holland Pl. 2: 12, t. 151 (1806); T.T.C.L.: 372 (1949); Fl. Austral. 19: 358, fig. 96/i–j (1988); Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 101, fig. 72.42 (1996). Type: Australia, Tasmania, probably Recherche Bay, Labillardière s.n. (FI, holo., L, iso.)
Information
Tree to 50 m with grey, white or yellowish white smooth bark throughout or rough at base or on most of the trunk. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, cordate or amplexicaul; adult lanceolate, 12–20 cm long, 0.8–2 cm wide; petiole terete or slightly flattened, 1–2.5 cm long. Umbels 3- or 7-flowered; peduncle angular or flattened, 4–8[12] mm long; [pedicels 1–4 mm long]. Buds ovoid; operculum conical or hemispherical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, apiculate. Calyx-tube hemispherical or campanulate, 2–3 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to subglobular, 5–8 mm long, 5–9 mm wide with broad ascending disc and 3–4 exserted valves. Fig. 10/41, p. 49.

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