Angophora woodsiana
Angophora woodsiana is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in north-eastern New South Wales and southeast Queensland, where it is "Rough - barked Apple ", " Smudgy Apple ", " Smudgy " or " Smudgee " called.
Description
Appearance and leaf
Angophora woodsiana grows as a tree reaching heights of growth of up to 20 meters. The bark remains on the entire tree is gray or pale brown and short-fibred.
In Angophora woodsiana is available Heterophyllie. The simple leaves are always arranged alternately along the branches. The seated leaves on 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 12 to 18 mm long. Their simple leaf blade is at a length of 8 to 14 cm and a width from 1.2 to 3.0 cm lanceolate with pointed Spreitengrund and pointed top. The leaf top and bottom is colored differently. The lateral veins are closely spaced at an obtuse angle to the midrib. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are nearly circular.
Inflorescence and flower
Terminally on a 15 to 32 mm long, bald or hairy stiff inflorescence stem are several partial inflorescences in total composite inflorescences. The bald or stiff hairy flower stalk is 15 to 25 mm long. The flower buds are spherical with a length and a diameter of 6 to 10 per 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 width and a length of each 3 to 4 mm.
Fruit and seeds
The stalked fruit is ovoid or cylindrical, with a length and a diameter of 10 to 15 mm and usually it tapers towards the tip. The disc is flat and covered by the edge of the flower cup or even depressed. The fruit trays are included. The kneecap shaped seeds are regular and flattened, smooth and semi-gloss red.
Occurrence
The distribution area of Angophora woodsiana is located on the coast of Queensland to Brisbane, and the coast of New South Wales, north of Coffs Harbour. One finds Angophora woodsiana but also on the Great Dividing Range to Toowoomba. Angophora woodsiana is widely scattered and locally also common.
Angophora woodsiana thrives mainly on sandy soils over sandstone.
Taxonomy
The first description of Angophora woodsiana was 1881 by Frederick Manson Bailey in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Volume 6, page 143 The type material has the inscription " In planitie vulgo dict. " Eight Mile Plains ," prope Brisbane una com Eucalypto tum tum Baileyano Planchoniana invenitur "on. Synonyms for Angophora woodsiana FMBailey are Angophora intermedia var woodsiana ( FMBailey ) FMBailey, Angophora lanceolata var woodsiana ( FMBailey ) Maiden, Angophora floribunda var woodsiana ( FMBailey ) Domin and Eucalyptus woodsiana ( FMBailey ) Brooker.