''Eucalyptus suffulgens'' is a small to medium-sized tree that is
endemic
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to Queensland. It has hard
ironbark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven on the ends of branchlets, white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.
Description
''Eucalyptus suffulgens'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a
lignotuber. It has dark grey to black ironbark on the trunk and larger branches, the thinner branches often with smooth bark. Young plants and
coppice regrowth have glossy green, lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped, long and wide tapering to a
petiole long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branched
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 to pear-shaped, long and wide with a conical
operculum that is shorter and narrower than the
floral cup
In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. It ...
. Flowering occurs from April to September and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, barrel-shaped
capsule long and wide with the valves below rim level.
Taxonomy and naming
''Eucalyptus suffulgens'' was first formally described in 1991 by
Ken Hill and
Lawrie Johnson in the journal ''
Telopea'' from specimens collected by Johnson near
Biloela
Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Banan ...
in 1971.
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 ...
(''suffulgens'') is from the
Latin
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''sub-'' meaning "somewhat" and ''fulgens'' meaning "shining", referring to the leaves of the species.
Distribution and habitat
This ironbark is locally abundant on shallow soil over sandstone on ranges and escarpments in the central ranges of Queensland, including the
Blackdown Tableland.
Conservation stutus
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
suffulgens
Myrtales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1991