Eucalyptus argillacea

Mount House box
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. argillacea
Binomial name
Eucalyptus argillacea
W.Fitzg.

Eucalyptus argillacea is a tree that is native to the Australian mainland.[1] Populations of Eucalyptus argillacea are found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. In Western Australia it is commonly known as Mount House box. It is also known as the northern grey box.[2]

The tree typically grows to a height of 4 to 12 metres (13 to 39 ft) with rough box-type bark.[1] The grey to dark grey bark is persistent over the length of the trunk and branches and has a fibrous-flaky texture with whitish patches. The adult leaves are disjunct, dull, green or grey-green, thin and concolorous. The leave blade has a narrow lanceolate to broad lanceolate shape that is basally tapered.[3] It blooms between April and July and October and December producing white flowers.[1] The compound conflorescence is both terminal or axillary with three to seven flowered umbellasters supported by terete peduncles. The flowers are cream to white with pyriform or turbinate buds and a calyx calyptrate that sheds early.[3]

The tree is similar to other box-type Eucalypts found in tropical areas including Eucalyptus tectifica, E. distans and E. obconica.[4]

It is found long watercourses and plains where it grows in alluvium and heavy clay soils.[1]

The species was first formally described in 1918 by the botanist William Vincent Fitzgerald as part of the Joseph Maiden's work A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus.[5] The description was taken from specimens collected by Fitzgerald in 1905 from around the base of Mount House.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eucalyptus argillacea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus argillacea Northern Grey Box". Nindethana. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus argillacea". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus tectifica F.Muell.". NT Flora. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Eucalyptus argillacea W.Fitzg.". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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