''Eucalyptus baudiniana'' is a tree, rarely a mallee, that is endemic to Western Australia. It has rough bark on its trunk, smooth brownish bark above, narrow lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, oval buds in groups of seven to fifteen, white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

''Eucalyptus baudiniana'' is a tree, rarely a mallee, that typically grows to a height of , sometimes , and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous to flaky, dark grey bark on the trunk of the three which then becomes smooth and grey-brown on the branches. Adult leaves are arranged alternately and the same glossy green on both sides. The leaf blade is narrow lance-shaped to curved, long and wide with the base tapering to the petiole that is long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven to fifteen on an unbranched, flattened

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long, each flower on a

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about long. Mature buds are oval, long and wide with a rounded operculum that has a beak or small point on its tip. It blooms between November and April producing white flowers. The barrel-shaped fruit that form after flowering are long and wide with the valves enclosed. The brown seeds are a flattened-ovoid shape and long.

Taxonomy and naming

''Eucalyptus baudiniana'' was first formally described by

Denis John Carr Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402– ...

and Maisie Carr in 1976 in '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria''. The

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honours the navigator and explorer

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. ''E. baudiniana'' is part of the subgenus ''Symphyomyrtus'' section ''Dumaria'' in a sub-group of nine closely related species called series ''Ovulares''. The rough barked members of this series include ''E. baudiniana'', '' Eucalyptus aequioperta'', ''

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'', '' Eucalyptus myriadena'' and '' Eucalyptus ovularis'' and smooth barked members include; ''

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'', '' Eucalyptus cylindrocarpa'', ''

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Distribution and habitat

This eucalypt is found scattered along the west coast from near Kalbarri to the Yarra Yarra Lakes, Coomberdale and Perenjori, in the

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and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. It grows in sandy to loamy and sometimes

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soils.

Conservation

''Eucalyptus baudiniana'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17592531 Eucalypts of Western Australia Trees of Australia baudiniana Myrtales of Australia Plants described in 1976 Taxa named by Maisie Carr

Description

Taxonomy and naming

Distribution and habitat

Conservation

See also

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