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Eucalyptus Longissima
''Eucalyptus longissima'' is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough, fibrous or stringy bark on the trunk, smooth greyish brown bark above, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in group of between seven and thirteen, white flowers and shortened spherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus longissima'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth greyish brown bark, usually with rough, fibrous or stringy bark on most of the trunk. The adult leaves are lance-shaped, long, wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between seven and fifteen in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are narrow oval to spindle-shaped, long, wide with a conical to horn-shaped operculum long. Flowering has been observed in most months and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, shortened spheric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Nicolle
image:Dean-Nicolle-Deanei.JPG, 270px, Dean Nicolle and ''Eucalyptus deanei'' Dean Nicolle (born 1974), is an Australian botanist, arboriculture, arborist and ecologist. He is widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus ''Eucalyptus''. Nicolle was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1974 and developed an interest in ''Eucalyptus'' trees as a young man. After completing a Bachelor of Science at Adelaide University he went on to complete his PhD in 2008 on mallee (habit), mallee trees at Flinders University. Shortly afterwards Nicolle created the Currency Creek Arboretum, on a site in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island, Fleurieu region in South Australia. He is currently the director and head of research at the arboretum and has cultivated over 900 species and subspecies of ''Eucalyptus''. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |