Eucalyptus confluens
| Kimberley gum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. confluens |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus confluens Maiden | |
Eucalyptus confluens, also known as Kimberley gum, is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]
The tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 10 metres (10 to 33 ft) and has white-pink smooth bark throughout.[1] The adult leaves are disjunct, glossy, green, thick and concolorous. The blade has a narrow lanceolate or lanceolate shape that is basally tapered.[2]
It blooms between February and March[1] producing simple axillary conflorescence with three to seven white flowered umbellasters with terete peduncles. Buds have an ovoid or clavate shape with a calyptrate calyx and often shed early.[2]
E. confluens is similar in appearance two other white gums within its area of occurrence, E. brevifolia and E. gregoriensis.[3]
It is found the in Kimberley region of Western Australia and is often situated on rocky hillsides or ridges growing in sandy stony soils over sandstone, granite or quartzite.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Eucalyptus confluens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 1 2 "Eucalyptus confluens W.V. Fitzg. ex Maiden, J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 49: 317 (1916)". Eucalink. CSIRO. 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr., Muelleria 11: 41–44 (1998)". Euclid. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 30 October 2016.