Eucalyptus falcata

Silver mallet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. falcata
Binomial name
Eucalyptus falcata
Turcz.
Synonyms

Eucalyptus argyphea

Eucalyptus falcata, commonly known as silver mallet,[1] is a mallee that is native to Western Australia.[2] The Noongar peoples know the tree as Toolyumuck.[3]

The mallee or marlock forms a lignotuber and typically grows to a height of 6 metres (20 ft) and has smooth bark. It blooms between August and May producing white-cream flowers.[2] The bark is silvery gray and green-gray over pale brown-orange but smooth over the length of the tree. The adult leaves have a lanceolate to falcate shaped blade and are glossy green to dark green in colour. This species is very closely related to Eucalyptus ornata and Eucalyptus recta.[4]

It has a scattered distribution of isolated populations from east of Kojonup north east to west of Corrigin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Often found on the top or slopes of lateritic rises and is associated with species such as E. astringens, E. densa, E. incrassata, E. salmonophloia, E. urna and E. wandoo.[1]

The tree was first formally described by the botanist Nikolai Turczaninow in 1847 as part of the work Decas tertia generum adhuc non descriptorum, adjectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Myrtacearum xerocarpicarum atque Umbelliferarum imperfectarum. publishedin Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Several synonyms exist including; Eucalyptus argyphea L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Eucalyptus dorrienii Domin and Eucalyptus falcata Turcz. var. falcata Maiden.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eucalyptus falcata silver mallet" (PDF). Eucalypts of Western Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Eucalyptus falcata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. ↑ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus falcata Dulyumuk, Silver Mallet, Silver Mallee". Windmill Outback Nursery. 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Eucalyptus falcata Turcz.". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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