''Corymbia novoguinensis'' is a species of tree that is native to New Guinea, some Torres Strait Island and the

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. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

''Corymbia novoguinensis'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a

lignotuber A lignotuber is a woody swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem, such as by fire. Other woody plants may develop basal burls as a similar survival strategy, often as a response t ...

. It has rough, fissured, flaky or fibrous and tessellated bark on the trunk and branches. The adult leaves are glossy green but paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle long, each branch of the peduncle with seven buds on

pedicels In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''. Description Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...

long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, long and wide with a rounded to conical operculum. Flowering has been observed in August and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped to barrel-shaped capsule long and wide. ''Corymbia novoguinensis'' is similar to '' C. clarksoniana'', '' C. ligans'' and '' C. polycarpa'', but is distinguished from them on the basis of fruit shape.

Taxonomy and naming

This eucalypt was first formally described in 1987 by Denis Carr and Stella Carr from specimens collected on

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in Papua New Guinea, and was given the name ''Eucalyptus novoguinensis''. In 1995 Ken Hill and

Lawrie Johnson Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, FAA, (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic botany, botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Garden ...

changed the name to ''Corymbia novoguinensis''. The

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(''novoguinensis'') is a reference to the type location.

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in coastal area of southern Papua New Guinea, south-eastern

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, some Torres Strait Islands and the northern part of the Cape York Peninsula.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15399659 novoguinensis Myrtales of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1987 Taxa named by Maisie Carr

Description

Taxonomy and naming

Distribution and habitat

See also

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