Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus cullenii
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Eucalyptus cullenii, commonly known as Cullen's ironbark,[1] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has thick, rough, deeply furrowed "ironbark", lance-shaped adult leaves, green to yellow flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus cullenii is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has thick, rough, dark grey or black, deeply and widely furrowed ironbark on its trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same dull green or greyish green on both sides, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval to spherical or pear-shaped, green to yellow, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering occurs from January to May and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody hemispherical capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with the valves close to rim level.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus cullenii was first formally described in 1920 by Richard Hind Cambage from a specimen collected at Almaden in 1913.[3][4] The specific epithet (cullenii) honours William Portus Cullen, a barrister and later Chief Justice of New South Wales.[1][3]
Distribution and habitat
Cullen's ironbark grows in red podsols and shallow stony soil in hilly or undulating woodland on the northern and eastern parts of the Cape York Peninsula.[2]
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]
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