Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus comitae-vallis

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Eucalyptus comitae-vallis, commonly known as Comet Vale mallee[1] or Cowcowing mallee,[2]Шаблон:Rp is a mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough, flaky to ribbony bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth withish bark above, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven to eleven, white flowers and barrel-shaped, conical or cup-shaped fruit.

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Description

Eucalyptus comitae-vallis is a mallee, rarely a tree, that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and forms a lignotuber. The bark is rough, ribbony and grey on the trunks and larger branches then smooth and pinkish grey yellow-green above. Leaves on young plants and coppice regrowth are dull, greyish, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and always have a petiole. Adult leaves are linear to narrow lance-shaped, the same more or less glossy 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, nine or eleven in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are cylindrical to narrow pear-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a rounded to flattened operculum with a short beak. Flowering occurs from February to April and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, barrel-shaped to conical or cup-shaped capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long and with the valves at rim level.[1][3][4]

Taxonomy

Eucalyptus comitae-vallis was first formally described in 1923 by Joseph Maiden from a specimen collected from Comet Vale by John Thomas Jutson. The description was published in Maiden's book, A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus.[5][6] The specific epithet (comitae-vallis) is the latinised version of the type location.[7]

In 1934, William Blakely described Eucalyptus brachycorys but the name is considered by the Australian Plant Census to be a synonym.[8]

Distribution

Comet Vale mallee is mainly found between Menzies and Kalgoorlie in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay-loamy soils in open shrubland.[1][4]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]

See also

References

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