Eucalyptus copulans

Eucalyptus copulans
Eucalyptus copulans at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia
Conservation status

Critically endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. copulans
Binomial name
Eucalyptus copulans
L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill

Eucalyptus copulans is a small eucalyptus tree, up to 10 metres tall. Previously considered extinct. Two specimens are known at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains region of Australia.

Horticulturists at Mount Annan Botanic Gardens are attempting to avoid the extinction of this species by the propagation of seedlings, and replanting them in their former habitat.

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