''Eucalyptus kondininensis'', commonly known as Kondinin blackbutt, is a species of tree that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Western Australia. It has rough, black bark on the trunk, smooth grey to white bark on the branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to conical fruit. Eucalyptus kondininensis buds

Description

''Eucalyptus kondininensis'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and usually 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 ...

although some specimens lack a lignotuber and are

mallets A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head. The term is descriptive of the overall size and proport ...

. The bark on at least half of the trunk is rough, hard, black and flaky, the bark above smooth, grey and white. Young plants and

coppice Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repeated ...

regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section and lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, glossy green, lance-shaped, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds more or less

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

. Flowering occurs between December and July and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to conical capsule long and wide with the valves near rim level. The seeds are glossy, reddish brown, flattened oval and long.

Taxonomy

''Eucalyptus kondininensis'' was first formally described by

Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...

and

William Blakely William Faris Blakely (November 1875 – 1 September 1941) was an Australian botanist and collector. From 1913 to 1940 he worked in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, working with Joseph Maiden on ''Eucalyptus'', Maiden named a ''red g ...

in 1925 in the '' Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales''. 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 in reference to town of Kondinin, the area in which tree is found. The tree belongs in subgenus ''Symphyomyrtus'' section ''Dumaria'' to a large sub-group, the series ''Rufispermae'', composed of 37 described species and subspecies including '' E. striaticalyx'', '' E. gypsophila'' and '' E. repullulans''.

Distribution and ecology

Kondinin blackbutt is found on rocky rises, on salt flats and around salt lakes in inland areas of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in loamy-sandy-clay soils over

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

. It has a scattered distribution from around Pingelly in the west to

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in the east and from

Lake King Lake King is a town in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, from Perth along State Route 40 between Kelmscott and Ravensthorpe. As of 2016, the town had a population of 95. The 2011 census recorded both the population of the tow ...

in the north to

Nyabing Nyabing is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The name is of Aboriginal origin and is thought to derive from the Aboriginal word "ne-yameng", which is the name of an everlasting flower ''Rhodanthe manglesii.'' The ...

in the south. Found in open woodland areas where it occurs as part of the overstorey along with ''

Eucalyptus longicornis ''Eucalyptus longicornis'', commonly known as red morrel, morryl, poot or pu, is a species of large tree that is Endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough, fibrous, fissured bark on the trunk, smooth greyish bark abov ...

'', '' E. urna'', '' E. sargentii'' and '' E. salmonophloia''. Associated species found in the understorey include ''

Melaleuca lateriflora ''Melaleuca lateriflora'', commonly known as gorada, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with oval leaves and small clusters of white flowers mainly along ...

'', '' M. acuminata'', '' M. thyoides'', '' Rhagodia drummondii'', ''

Atriplex paludosa ''Atriplex paludosa'', commonly known as marsh saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia. Description It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, one to four centimetres long, and 2 to 15 millimetres w ...

'', ''

Atriplex vesicaria ''Atriplex vesicaria'', commonly known as bladder saltbush, is a species of flowering plant of the family ''Amaranthaceae'' and is endemic to arid and semi-arid inland regions of Australia. It is an upright or sprawling shrub with scaly leaves a ...

'', '' Rhagodia preissii'', ''

Templetonia sulcata ''Templetonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They are native to Australia. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. Species ''Templetonia'' comprises the following species: * '' ...

'', ''

Acacia erinacea ''Acacia erinacea'', also known as prickly wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus '' Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' that is native to Western Australia. Description The rigid and prickly shrub typically grows to a height of . It h ...

'' and ''

Disphyma crassifolium ''Disphyma crassifolium'', commonly known as round-leaved pigface, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae and is native to Australia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is a Prostrate shrub, prostrate, succulent plant, suc ...

''.

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government

Department of Parks and Wildlife The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) was the department of the Government of Western Australia responsible for managing lands described in the ''Conservation and Land Management Act 1984'' and implementing the state's conservation and e ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15396600 Eucalypts of Western Australia Trees of Australia kondininensis Myrtales of Australia Plants described in 1925 Taxa named by Joseph Maiden Taxa named by William Blakely

Description

Taxonomy

Distribution and ecology

Conservation status

See also

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