Английская Википедия:Eucalyptus obesa

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Eucalyptus obesa, commonly known as the Ninety Mile Tank mallee,[1] is a species of mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, greyish to pale brown bark, usually lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between eleven and fifteen, creamy white flowers and shortened spherical to hemispherical fruit.

Description

Eucalyptus obesa is a mallee that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth greyish to brownish bark with loose ribbons of shed bark near the base, and a canopy that reaches almost to the ground. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped, heart-shaped or elliptical leaves that are dull greyish green, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy dark green on both sides, lance-shaped to elliptical, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, tapering to a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of eleven or thirteen on an unbranched peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds sessile. Flowering occurs from December to January and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody shortened spherical or hemispherical capsule Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves near rim level.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus obesa was first formally described in 1993 by Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper in the journal Nuytsia, from specimens collected by Brooker north-west of Tarin Rock.[3][4] The specific epithet (obesa) is from the Latin obesus meaning "fat", referring to the buds, compared to the spindle-shaped buds of E. decipiens.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The Ninety Mile Tank mallee is found from north-west of Lake Grace to the 90-mile Tank and Peak Charles where it grows in sandy soils.[1][3]

Conservation status

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

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