Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus acaciiformis

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Eucalyptus acaciiformis, commonly known as wattle-leaved peppermint[1] is a tree growing to about Шаблон:Convert in height that is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It has rough, fibrous bark, lance-shaped leaves, white flowers and cup-shaped to bell-shaped fruit. It grows in poor shallow soil, on ridges and slopes.

Description

Eucalyptus acaciiformis is a tree that grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and has rough, fibrous or stringy, grey to grey-brown bark. The leaves on young plants are elliptic in shape, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Adult leaves are dull green to grey-green on both sides, lance-shaped and Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers are borne in groups of up to seven in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Convert long, the individual flowers on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The buds are oval to spindle-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and the stamens are white. Flowering occurs in December and January and the fruit are cup-shaped to bell-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus acaciiformis was first formally described in 1899 by Henry Deane and Joseph Maiden who published the description in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[4][5] The specific epithet (acaciiformis) refers to the similarity of the leaves of this species to some in the genus Acacia, the ending -formis being a Latin suffix meaning "shaped".[2][6]

Distribution and habitat

Willow-leaved peppermint occurs on the northern tablelands north from Nowendoc and almost to the Queensland border. It grows in poor and shallow soils on slopes and ridges, mostly in woodland.[1][2][3]

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