''Eucalyptus latisinensis'', commonly known as white mahogany,
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
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
. It has rough, fibrous to stringy bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven to eleven or more, white flowers and shortened spherical to hemispherical fruit.
Description
''Eucalyptus latisinensis'' 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 ...
. The bark extends from the trunk to the small branches and is rough, finely fibrous to stringy and grey to grey-brown. 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
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 ...
, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of slightly glossy or dull green on both sides, coarsely textured, lance-shaped or curved, long and wide, tapering to a
petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils or in groups on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven to eleven or more on an unbranched
peduncle long, the individual 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, long and wide with a conical to beaked
operculum. Flowering occurs has been observed in August and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, shortened spherical to hemispherical
capsule, long and wide with the valves at or extending slightly above the level of the rim.
Taxonomy
''Eucalyptus latisinensis'' was first formally described in 1999 by the botanist
Kenneth Hill from a specimen he collected from near
Lowmead
Lowmead is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lowmead had a population of 156 people.
Geography
The town is situated in the north of the locality on the North Coast railway line which passes th ...
in 1996. The description was published in the journal ''
Telopea''.
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 ...
(''latisinensis'') is derived from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
words ''latus'' meaning "broad" or "wide" and ''sinus'' meaning "a bay" with the ending ''ensis'' indicating place of origin, referring to the distribution of this species near
Wide Bay.
''Eucalyptus latisinensis'' is part of the white mahogany group as recognised by Ken Hill. Others in the group include ''
E. acmenoides'', ''
E. mediocris'', ''
E. carnea'', ''
E. apothalassica'', ''
E. helidonica'', ''
E. psammitica'' and ''
E. umbra''.
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government ''
Nature Conservation Act 1992
The ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' is an act of the Parliament of Queensland, Australia, that, together with subordinate legislation, provides for the legislative protection of Queensland's threatened biota.
As originally published, it prov ...
''.
See also
*
List of ''Eucalyptus'' species
References
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Trees of Australia
latisinensis
Myrtales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1999