| Round leaf box | |
|---|---|
| Eucalyptus baueriana, centre, background, Melbourne | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. baueriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus baueriana Schauer[1] |
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| E. baueriana, field distribution | |
Eucalyptus baueriana, Round Leaf box or Blue Box[2], is a small to medium sized tree with rough and persistent bark on the trunk and branches, fibrous, flaky, light grey, with paler, almost white patches.
Adult leaves are stalked, round to broadly-ovate, undulate, to 10 x 7.5 cm, light green and thin, trees are usually mature in the juvenile leaf phase.
White flowers appear in late spring and early summer.
Distribution is from coastal eastern Victoria (with a few inland occurrences) from around Bairnsdale, extending northeast into New South Wales to north of Sydney. [3]
The species was first described by Johannes Conrad Schauer, the specific epithet is in honour of Ferdinand Bauer.[4]
Subspecies include: