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Eucalyptus Phoenix
''Eucalyptus phoenix'', commonly known as brumby mallee-gum, is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to a restricted area in Victoria, Australia. It has smooth white to greyish bark, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between five and eleven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus phoenix'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white to light grey bark that is shed in thin strips and plates. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, light green to bluish leaves that are slightly paler on the lower side, egg-shaped to more or less round, long and wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of shiny green on both sides, lance-shaped to egg-shaped, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils in groups of between five and eleven on a thin, unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin James Rule
Kevin James Rule was born at Daylesford, Victoria on 9 November 1941. He was a secondary school teacher and had a particular interest in the taxonomy of Australian eucalyptus. He discovered several new species in Victoria. He is an honorary associate of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. His main field is in taxonomy, particularly eucalypts and as a botanical collector. In 2011 Kevin James Rule described three sub-species of ''Eucalyptus baueriana ''Eucalyptus baueriana'', commonly known as blue box or round-leaved box, is a tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped adult leaves, oval to diamond-shaped flower ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rule, Kevin James Living people 1941 births Australian taxonomists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |