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Eucalyptus Barberi
''Eucalyptus barberi'', commonly known as Barber's gum, is a tree or Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to Tasmania. It has mostly smooth, greyish bark, elliptic to lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, diamond-shaped or club-shaped buds in groups of seven in leaf wikt:axil, axils, white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or conical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus barberi'' is a mallee growing to a height of or tree that typically grows to a height of , and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth bark, sometimes with loose slabs of rough bark near the base. The smooth bark is greyish, brownish or yellowish, often with ribbons of shed bark in the upper branches. The leaves of young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs, lance-shaped to elliptic or oblong, long, wide and have a Petiole (botany), petiole. Adult leaves are the same glossy green on both sides, elliptic to lance-shaped or curved, long, wide tapering to a petiole long. The flower bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Frederick Blaxell
Donald Frederick Blaxell (born 1 February 1934, Sydney, New South Wales), is an Australian botanist, botanical collector and taxonomist. Blaxell worked at the University of New South Wales for 11 years and joined the New south Wales Herbarium in 1968. He was particularly interested in plants from family ''Orchidaceae'' and the genus ''Eucalyptus''. He worked extensively with Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson through the 1960s completing descriptions of many species. He was also an avid collector, particularly ''Eucalyptus'' species, usually with Johnson or L D. Pryor. Blaxell was appointed as the Australian Botanical Liaison Officer Australian Botanical Liaison Officer was a secondment position, held for up to twelve months by an Australian botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, England in the United Kingdom. The position was c ... at Kew Gardens between 1974 and 1975. In 2001, he was awarded an OAM in the Australia Day honours. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
