Eucalyptus peninsularis

Eucalyptus peninsularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. peninsularis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus peninsularis

Eucalyptus peninsularis, commonly known as Cummins mallee[1] is a mallee that is native to South Australia.

As of 2007, E. peninsularis and its associated "mallee community" was considered to be "a state endangered ecosystem" of which examples were found in the following protected areas on the Eyre Peninsula - the Hambidge Wilderness Protection Area, the Verran Tanks Conservation Park and the Wharminda Conservation Park.[2]

See also

References

  1. Dean Nicolle. "Native Eucalypts of South Australia". Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2007), Mallee parks of the central Eyre Peninsula: management plan (PDF), Dept. for Environment and Heritage, pp. 11–15, ISBN 978-1-921238-81-9
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