Eucalyptus baueriana
Eucalyptus baueriana
Eucalyptus baueriana is a flowering plant within the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs on the coast and in the northern tablelands of New South Wales as well as in the southeast and south by Victoria and there is " Blue Box ", " Green Box ", " Fuzzy Box" or called "Round -leaved Box".
Description
Appearance and leaf
Eucalyptus baueriana grows as a tree reaching heights of growth of up to 20 meters. The bark remains on the entire trunk and larger branches is gray with white spots and fibrous integrally. At the upper part of the tree it is smooth, gray and peels in short ribbons. The smaller branches have green bark. Oil glands there is neither in the marrow of the young branches still in the bark.
In Eucalyptus baueriana is available Heterophyllie. The leaves are always divided into petiole and leaf blade. The petiole is narrow flattened or channel-shaped with a length of 15 to 25 mm. In young specimens the leaf blade is circular and dull green. At middle-aged specimens, the leaf blade is at a length of about 10 cm and a width of about 7.5 cm is also circular, straight, entire, and dull green. The on top and bottom of the same color satin-matt - green leaf blades of adult specimens are broad - lanceolate or ovate, relatively thin at a length of 6 to 9 cm and a width of 2.5 to 5.0 cm, straight, taper towards the Spreitenbasis or are rounded to the stem back and have a round or slotted upper end. The raised lateral nerves go into a sharp angle at large distances from the median nerve. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are reversed kidney-shaped.
Inflorescence and flower
Terminally on a terete with a length of 5 to 10 mm in cross section inflorescence stem are about siebenblütige part inflorescences in total composite inflorescences. The terete pedicels are 2-4 mm long. The non- blue-green floured or frosted flower buds are club- to short spindle-shaped with a length of 4 to 6 mm and a diameter of 2 to 3 mm. The sepals form a calyptra, which drops early. The smooth calyptra conical, shorter than or as long as the smooth flower cup ( hypanthium ) and narrower than this. The flowers are white or off- white. The outer stamens are infertile.
Fruit
The stalked crop is at a length of 5 to 7 mm and a diameter of 4 to 6 mm and a conical three to vierfächerig. The disc is pressed, the fruit trays are included.
Occurrence
The natural range of Eucalyptus baueriana are the central and southern part of the coast and northern tablelands of New South Wales and Victoria in the mouth of the Snowy River and the area around Melbourne.
Eucalyptus baueriana grows locally common in sparse forest on alluvial soils gallery along water courses.
Taxonomy
The first description of Eucalyptus baueriana in 1843 by Johann Conrad Schauer in repertory Botanices Saystematicae, Volume 2 (5 ), pp. 924 The type material has the inscription " In Nova Hollandia legit F. Bauer " on. The specific epithet baueriana indicates the botanical artist Ferdinand Bauer ( 1760-1826 ). Synomyme for Eucalyptus Eucalyptus baueriana showers are Fletcheri RTBaker, Eucalyptus magnificata LASJohnson & KDHill, Eucalyptus baueriana Schauer var baueriana and Eucalyptus baueriana SWLJacobs & J.Pickard orth var.