Eucalyptus absita
| Badgingarra box | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. absita |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus absita Grayling & Brooker | |
Eucalyptus absita also known as the Badgingarra box[1] is a tree that is native to a small area near Badgingarra in the Shire of Dandaragan in Western Australia.[2]
The tree stands between 2.5 metres (8 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) tall[2] with fibrous grey-brown box type bark for up to 2 m (6.6 ft). Above this the bark is gray over copper and green and smoother.[3] Adult leaves have a dense vein network and are glossy in appearance.
The plant flowers between April and July and the inflorescence is white,[2] seven-flowered and terminal.[3]
It was first described by the botanists Peter Grayling and Ian Brooker in 1992 in the journal Nuytsia from sample collected by Brooker south east of Badgingarra in 1986.[4] The species was declared rare flora in 1989 and then as critically endangered in 1997.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Eucalyptus absita — Badgingarra Box". Department of Environment. 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus absita". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 1 2 "Badgingarra Box - (Eucalyptus absita) Interim Recovery Plan No. 226" (PDF). Perth, Western Australia: Department of Environment and Conservation. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ "Eucalyptus absita Grayling & Brooker, Nuytsia 8: 210 (1992)". Euclid. CSIRO. 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "Badgingarra Box (Eucalyptus absita)". Commonwealth of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2016.