Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus melanophitra

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Eucalyptus melanophitra is a species of mallet that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It has rough, flaky grey bark on the trunk, smooth grey bark above, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of nine or eleven, pale yellow flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus melanophitra is a mallet that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt but does not form a lignotuber. It has rough, flaky grey bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth greyish bark above. The adult leaves are 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 nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on pedicels about Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are spindle-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and about Шаблон:Cvt wide with a conical operculum about twice as long as the floral cup. Flowering occurs between February and April and the flowers are pale yellow. The fruit is a woody, cylindrical to barrel-shaped capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves near rim level.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus melanophitra was first formally described in 1991 by Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper in the journal Nuytsia from a specimen collected by Brooker in 1985. The specific epithet (melanophitra) means "black bole" or "black trunk".[3][4]

Distribution and habit

This eucalypt is found on stony breakaways in small areas near the Pallinup River and the Corackerup Nature Reserve, where it grows in skeletal soils over laterite.[1][3]

Conservation status

Eucalyptus melanophitra is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[1] meaning that is rare or near threatened.[5]

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