Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus aurifodina
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Eucalyptus aurifodina, commonly known as the small-leaved brown stringybark[1] is a rare small tree that is endemic to the goldfields area of Victoria. It has rough, stringy bark on its trunk and branches, glossy green elliptic to egg-shaped adult leaves, oval or slightly club-shaped buds arranged in groups of seven to eleven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus aurifodina is a tree, sometimes with several trunks, growing to a height of Шаблон:Convert with rough, grey, stringy bark on the trunk and branches. The leaves on young plants are egg-shaped, shiny green on the upper surface and whitish below, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petiole up to Шаблон:Convert long. The adult leaves are mostly elliptic to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petiole up to Шаблон:Convert long. They are more or less the same colour on both surfaces. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven to eleven in leaf axils on a thin peduncle Шаблон:Convert long, the individual buds on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The mature buds are oval to slightly club-shaped with a conical operculum Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Flowering occurs in early autumn and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody capsule Шаблон:Convert long and wide on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus aurifodina was first formally described in 2012 by Kevin James Rule and the description was published in the journal Muelleria from a specimen collected near Maldon.[4] The specific epithet (aurifodina) is derived from the Latin word aurifer meaning "gold-bearing", referring to the species distribution.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The small-leaved brown stringybark is a rare tree that grows in dry woodland in stony places between Castlemaine and Avoca in Victoria, Australia.[2][3]
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