Eucalyptus risdonii

Eucalyptus risdonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. risdonii
Binomial name
Eucalyptus risdnonii
Hook.f, 1847

Eucalyptus risdonii is a rare species of Eucalypt, endemic to southern Tasmania.[1] E. risdonii was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1847.[2] Its common names include Risdon peppermint.[3][4] It is reported as being a juvenilised form of its sister species, E. tenuiramis[5]

E. risdonii is the floral emblem of Geilston Bay High School[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Allozyme variation and conservation of the Tasmanian endemics, Eucalyptus risdonii, E. tenuiramis and E. coccifera". University of Tasmania. 8 Sep 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "A Gunn and two Hookers - Part one". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus risdonii". Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Wapsta, Wapsta, Wapsta and Giddings (2 September 2002). "The Little Book of Common Names". Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  5. ↑ R. J. E. Wiltshire, J. B. Reid and B. M. Potts (1998). "Genetic Control of Reproductive and Vegetative Phase Change in the Eucalyptus risdonii–E. tenuiramis Complex". Australian Journal of Botany hosted at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.geilstonbay.tased.edu.au/

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