Angophora inopina

Angophora inopina is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs to Newcastle on the east coast of New South Wales, where it is called " Charmhaven Apple".

Description

Appearance and leaf

Angophora inopina grows as a tree, reached the stature heights of up to 8 meters or often in the habit of Mallee Eucalyptus, this is a habit that is more shrub-like than tree-like, there are usually multiple strains available that form a Lignotuber. The bark remains on the entire tree is gray or pale brown and short-fibred.

In Angophora inopina is available Heterophyllie. The simple leaves are always arranged alternately along the branches. The seated leaves of young specimens have stiff, simple hairs and bristly glandular hairs ( trichomes ). At middle-aged specimens the leaves are straight, entire and dull green. The leaves of adult specimens are divided into petiole and leaf blade. Your petiole is 5-8 mm long. Their simple, bare leaf blade is at a length of 4 to 11 cm and a width of 0.6 to 2.6 cm lanceolate to broadly lanceolate with pointed Spreitengrund and pointed top. The upper leaf surface and underside is colored differently. The lateral nerves go at close intervals from at an obtuse angle from the midrib. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are nearly circular.

Inflorescence and flower

Terminally on a 3 to 17 mm long, stiff hairy inflorescence stem are several partial inflorescences in total composite inflorescences. The stiff hairy flower stalk is 7-12 mm long. Flower buds are spherical, with a length and a diameter of 5-7 mm. The hermaphrodite flowers are creamy white. The four sepals are reduced to four calyx teeth on the ribbed flower cup ( hypanthium ). The four petals have a length and a width of 3 to 4 per mm ..

Fruit and seeds

The fruit is stalked cup - to pear- shaped with a length of 11 to 15 mm and a diameter of 5 to 7 mm. The disc is flat and covered by the edge of the flower cup or even depressed. The kneecap shaped seeds are regular and flattened, smooth and semi-gloss red.

Occurrence and risk

Angophora inopina comes only on the east coast of New South Wales, in a radius of approximately 80 km to Newcastle only on the territory of Charmhaven and Wyee, before.

Angophora inopina grows mainly in open woodlands with dense undergrowth on deep, white sandy soils over sandstone.

Angophora inopina is from the " New South Wales Government" = as "vulnerable " classified "at risk".

Taxonomy

The first description of Angophora inopina was in 1997 by Kenneth D. Hill under the title New species in Angophora and Eucalyptus ( Myrtaceae ) from New South Wales Telopea, Volume 7 (2 ), pp. 97 The type material, the label New South Wales: Central Coast: corner of Old Pacific Hwy and Arizona Rd, Charmhaven, KD Hill 4779, LC Stan Berg & KL Wilson, 20 Dec 1997 ( holo NSW; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, MEL, K, MO) on. A synonym for Angophora inopina KDHill is Eucalyptus inopina ( KDHill ) Brooker.