Eucalyptus woollsiana
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| Eucalyptus woollsiana | |
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| Eucalyptus woollsiana near Gilgandra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. woollsiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus woollsiana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Eucalyptus woollsiana is a species of tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of five or seven, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus woollsiana is a tree that typically grows to a height of 25 m (82 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous, grey bark on the trunk, smooth grey to yellowish bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull green, linear to broadly lance-shaped leaves that are 85–130 mm (3.3–5.1 in) long and 7–25 mm (0.28–0.98 in) wide. Adult leaves are glossy green, narrow lance-shaped to lance-shaped, 90–130 mm (3.5–5.1 in) long and 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets in groups of five or seven on a peduncle 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 3.5–5.5 mm (0.14–0.22 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with a conical operculum that is about the same length as the floral cup. The flowers are white and the fruit is a woody cup-shaped to oval capsule 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus woollsiana was first formally described in 1901 by Richard Thomas Baker in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[5][6]