Eucalyptus brockwayi

Dundas Mahogany

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. brockwayi
Binomial name
Eucalyptus brockwayi
C.A.Gardner

Eucalyptus brockwayi, commonly known as Dundas mahogany,[1] is a eucalypt that is endemic to Western Australia.[2]

The tree typically grows to a height of 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft) with bark that is smooth, white or contrasted with various hues of salmon, grey, and brownish red. The flowers are cream, white or yellow, and occur between March and June.[1][3]

The species is found on rocky hills and slopes in a small area of Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia around Dundas growing in gravelly sandy-loam soils.[4]

E. brockwayi was first formally described by the botanist Charles Gardner in 1942 in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.[5]

The epithet commemorates the botanist George Ernest Emerson Brockway.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Douglas J. Boland; Maurice William McDonald (2006). Forest Trees of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 9780643069695.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus brockwayi C.A.Gardner". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus brockwayi". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus brockwayi C.A.Gardner". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Brockway, George Ernest Emerson - biography". Collectors & Illustrators. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
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