Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus provecta
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Eucalyptus provecta is a species of small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, fibrous to flaky bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven on the ends of branchlets, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus provecta is a tree, rarely a mallee, that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, grey, fibrous to flaky bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, greyish green, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves that are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of dull green on both sides, lance-shaped to narrow lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, tapering to a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branched peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering has been recorded in January, May, June, July and October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and wide with the valves usually below the rim level.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Eucalyptus provecta was first formally described in 2000 by Anthony Bean in the journal Austrobaileya from material collected near Forsayth in 1997.[2][3] The specific epithet (provecta) is from the Latin word provectus meaning "advanced", "carried forward" or "extended", referring to the rough bark extending to the branches.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This tree occurs in far north Queensland from the Bulleringa National Park to Chuddleigh Park station north of Hughenden.[2]
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]
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