Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus densa

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Eucalyptus densa is a species of mallee or mallet that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth greyish bark that is shed in curly strips, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, long, spindle-shaped flower buds in groups of seven or nine, pale yellow or lemon-coloured flowers and conical, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus densa is a mallee or a mallet that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and does not form a lignotuber. It has smooth. pale grey to cream-coloured bark that is shed in curly flakes. Its adult leaves are the same dull greyish green on both sides, linear to narrow lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven or nine on an unbranched peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are shaped like a long spindle, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a horn-shaped operculum about four times as long as the floral cup. Flowering occurs between January and February or May to September and the flowers are pale yellow or lemon coloured. The fruit is a woody conical, cylindrical or barrel-shaped capsule with the valves near rim level.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus densa was first formally described in 1991 by the botanists Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper and the description was published in the journal Nuytsia.[3][4] The specific epithet (densa) is a Latin word meaning "thick", "close" or "compact",[5]Шаблон:Rp referring to crown of this species.[2]

Brooker and Hopper also described two subspecies and the names have been accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

  • Eucalyptus densa subsp. densa[6][7] - a short-trunked mallet with a dense crown, often to ground level;[3]
  • Eucalyptus densa subsp. improcera[8][9] - a mallee up to Шаблон:Cvt tall with slender stems.[3]

The subspecies name improcera is a Latin word meaning "short" or "undersized",[5]Шаблон:Rp referring to its stature compared to subspecies densa.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This eucalypt is found on ridges, flats and drainage line areas of the southern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in clay, loam, sandy or lateritic soils.[1] Subspecies densa is found between Ongerup, Ravensthorpe and Hyden and subspecies improcera in the Ravensthorpe and Jerramungup areas.[7][9]

Conservation status

Both subspecies of E. densa are classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[7][9]

See also

References

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