Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus carolaniae

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Eucalyptus carolaniae is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to a small area of Victoria. It has thick, rough, fibrous bark on the trunk grading to thin finely furrowed bark on the branches. It has glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cylindrical to oval fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus carolaniae is a sometimes-spreading tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert. It has thick, rough, fibrous, greyish brown bark at the base of the trunk grading to thin, finely furrowed bark higher up. Young plants have broadly egg-shaped to almost round leaves that are pale green on the upper surface and whitish below, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide. Adult leaves are the same glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide on a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a flattened peduncle Шаблон:Convert long, the individual buds sessile or on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval to cylindrical, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a conical operculum Шаблон:Convert long. Flowering occurs in summer and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, conical or cylindrical capsule, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with the valves below the rim.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus carolaniae was first formally described in 2012 by Kevin James Rule from a specimen collected near Mount Martha and the description was published in the journal Muelleria''.[3] The specific epithet (carolaniae) honours Pat Carolan who brought the species to the attention of the author, Rule.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species of eucalypt is only known from a single population above Mount Martha township on the Mornington Peninsula where in grows in sheltered gullies and sometimes hybridises with E. viminalis.[1][2]

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