Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus × brachyphylla

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Eucalyptus × brachyphylla is a mallee or small tree that is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. It has rough bark near the base of the trunk, smooth greyish bark above, egg-shaped to elliptic adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven in leaf axils, white flowers and conical fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus × brachyphylla is a mallee or small tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and forms a lignotuber. The lower part of the trunk is rough with partly shed strips of greyish bark but the upper trunk and branches have smooth bronze-coloured and dark grey bark. The smaller branches are glaucous (covered with a pale, powdery bloom). The leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are glaucous, triangular to egg-shaped or more or less circular, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and have a petiole. Adult leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and dull greyish green or glaucous on a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Convert long, the individual buds on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide with a conical operculum. Flowering occurs in June and between August and September and the flowers are white. The fruit are conical, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with the valves enclosed or level with the rim.

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus brachyphylla was first formally described in 1943 by Charles Gardner from a specimen collected near Lake Cowan by George Brockway. In 1996 Peter Grayling and Ian Brooker proposed that E. brachyphylla is a hybrid between E. kruseana and E. loxophleba and this interpretation is accepted by the Australian Plant Census. The specific epithet (brachyphylla) is from the Ancient Greek brachys meaning "short"Шаблон:Rp and phyllon meaning "leaf".Шаблон:Rp

Distribution and habitat

This eucalypt is only known from near Kalgoorlie, Cardunia Rock north of Karonie and Widgiemooltha where it usually grows near granite outcrops in undulating country.

Conservation

Eucalyptus × brachyphylla is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that is rare or near threatened.