Eucalyptus michaeliana
Eucalyptus micha eliana
Eucalyptus micha eliana is a flowering plant in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ). It occurs in the east and north-east of New South Wales, where it is " Hillgrove Gum" or " Brittle Gum" called.
Description
Appearance and leaf
Eucalyptus micha eliana grows as a tree reaching heights of growth of up to 30 meters. The bark is smooth, white, gray, or reddish brown and peels off in sheets or patches.
In Eucalyptus me eliana is available Heterophyllie. The leaves are always divided into petiole and leaf blade. In young specimens the leaf blade is lanceolate, later broad - lanceolate, and dull green The on top and bottom of the same color or slightly different colors matt green leaf blades of adult specimens are lanceolate with a length of 12 to 20 cm and a width of 2 to 3 cm. The cotyledons ( cotyledons ) are wrong - kidney-shaped.
Inflorescence and flower
Page Constantly on a 5 to 10 mm long, terete in cross section inflorescence stem are about three to siebenblütige partial inflorescences in total composite inflorescences. The 2-5 mm long flower stems are terete. The flower buds are ovate or obovate with a length of 3 to 5 mm and a diameter of 2 to 3 mm. The sepals form a calyptra, which drops early. The calyptra is hemispherical or conical, shorter than the flower cup ( hypanthium ) and as wide as this.
Fruit
The fruit is hemispherical or cylindrical with a length and a diameter of 4 to 5 mm each. The disc is flat or slightly raised, the fruit trays are included or available on the height of the rim.
Occurrence and risk
The natural range of Eucalyptus micha eliana is the east and north-east of New South Wales, with isolated populations of Wollombi to St. Albans and east of Armidale.
Eucalyptus micha eliana grows locally common in dry sclerophyllous forests on sandy soils.
Eucalyptus micha eliana is in the list of species at risk than New South Wales ROTAP: 3RCA classified.
Taxonomy
The first description of Eucalyptus micha eliana was in 1938 by William Faris Blakely in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Volume 63, p 67. The type material has the caption " NSW - At Hillgrove and Enmore ( JF Campbell, March 1907), the type " on.