''Eucalyptus cernua'', commonly known as the red-flowered moort
or the yellow-flowered moort,
is a eucalypt that is native to
Western Australia.
Description
The
mallee typically grows to a height of
[ but can reach as high as .][ It has smooth mottled grey to brown coloured bark][ that can become black over greenish yellow new bark. It has no lignotuber and a single stem. The concolorous glossy green adult leaves are arranged alternately. The leaf blade has a lanceolate shape that is in length and wide with a base tapering to petiole.][ It blooms between October and December and produces crimson-red flowers.][ Each axillary unbranched inflorescence is often down-turned and in length and occurs groups of seven per umbel.][
]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanists Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper
Stephen Donald Hopper AC FLS FTSE (born 18 June 1951) is a Western Australian botanist. He graduated in Biology, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. Hopper has written eight books, and has over 200 publications to his n ...
in 2002 and ''Taxonomy of species deriving from the publication of Eucalyptus subseries Cornutae Benth. (Myrtaceae)'' as published in the journal '' Nuytsia''.
The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
is taken from the Latin word ''cernuus'' meaning ''nodding, towards earth'' in reference referring to the downward facing inflorescences.[
The species was previously thought to have been '']Eucalyptus nutans
''Eucalyptus nutans'', commonly known as red-flowered moort, is a species of mallet that is endemic to a small area near the south coast of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, oblong to almost round adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven ...
''.
Distribution
It has a limited range along the south coast of Western Australia in the Goldfields-Esperance region near Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places.
England
*Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire
**Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury
*Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
*Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
*Ravensthorpe, an histor ...
particularly in the Fitzgerald River National Park.[
]
Cultivation
It is used for ornamental plantings, shade and honey production. When cultivated it can tolerate arid area, is slow growing and requires little maintenance.
Image:Eucalyptus cernua habit.jpg, Habit at Kundip, between Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places.
England
*Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire
**Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury
*Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
*Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
*Ravensthorpe, an histor ...
and Hopetoun
Image: Eucalyptus cernua fruit.jpg, fruit
Image: Eucalyptus cernua leaf.jpg, typical leaf
See also
* List of ''Eucalyptus'' species
References
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cernua
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Mallees (habit)
Myrtales of Australia
Eucalypts of Western Australia
Trees of Australia
Goldfields–Esperance
Plants described in 2002
Taxa named by Stephen Hopper
Taxa named by Ian Brooker