Eucalyptus largiflorens

Eucalyptus largiflorens is a flowering plant within the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in south-eastern Australia, where it is a "black box ", " Flooded Box" or "River Box" called.

Description

Appearance and leaf

Eucalyptus largiflorens grows as a tree reaching heights of growth of up to 20 meters. The bark remains on the entire tree is gray to gray-black and fibrous- flaky.

In Eucalyptus largiflorens is available Heterophyllie. The leaves of young specimens are linear and dull gray - green to blue- green floured. The same color dull gray - green leaves on adult specimens are narrow - lanceolate to lanceolate with a length of 9 to 18 cm and a width of 0.8 to 1.8 cm.

Inflorescence and flower

On a cross-section terete, 3-11 mm long inflorescence stem are about seven to elfblütige part inflorescences in a total composite inflorescence. The stalk round flower stalk is 1-5 mm long. The flower bud is oval with a length of 4 to 5 mm and a diameter of 2 to 3 mm. The calyptra is hemispherical or conical, shorter and narrower than the flower cup ( hypanthium ). All stamens are fertile ( fertile ).

Fruit

The fruit is 3-6 mm and a diameter of 3 to 5 mm, hemispherical or ovoid - clipped at a length. The disc is pressed, the fruit trays are included or are on the height of the rim.

Occurrence

Eucalyptus largiflorens is a dominant species in some areas and grows in grassy, light forest on heavy black clay soils in seasonally flooded sites. In New South Wales, it comes in the middle and western parts of the country, west of a line - Mungindi Condobolin before. In addition, Eucalyptus largiflorens found in the neighboring southern Queensland, South Australia in the south and the north-western Victoria. With the exception of the area around Adelaide, the sites are located inland.

Taxonomy

The first description of Eucalyptus largiflorens in 1855 by Ferdinand von Mueller, entitled Description of fifty new Australian plants, chiefly from the colony of Victoria in Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, Volume 2, page 34, he describes the occurrence " in bushy, barren localities on the Murray, Avoca, Wimmera and on St Vincent 's Gulf ." The specific epithet is from the Latin words largiflorens largus for wide and florens composed for flowering.

Synonyms for Eucalyptus largiflorens F.Muell. are: Eucalyptus largiflorens F.Muell. var largiflorens, Eucalyptus parviflora F.Muell. nom. inval. per. syn., Eucalyptus aff. largiflorens; all other synonyms are considered doubtful.