Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus granitica

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Eucalyptus granitica, commonly known as the granite ironbark,[1] is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has dark grey or black "ironbark" on the trunk and branches, glossy green, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus granitica is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has hard or soft, dark grey to black ironbark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section and leaves that are more or less sessile, lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, more or less the same glossy green on both sides, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are usually arranged in groups of seven on a branched peduncle, Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and about Шаблон:Cvt wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering has mostly been recorded between July and September and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves near or below rim level.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus granitica was first formally described in 1991 by Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson from a specimen collected near Atherton on the road to Herberton. The description was publish in the journal Telopea.[2][3] The specific epithet is derived from the neo-Latin word graniticus, relating to granite, referring to the usual habitat of this species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Granite ironbark is common on undulating country, growing in granite and volcanic soils from the Atherton Tableland to Paluma.[1][2]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]

See also

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