''Eucalyptus globulus'' subsp. ''pseudoglobulus'', commonly known as Victorian eurabbie, is one of the four subspecies of ''Eucalyptus globulus'' and 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 southeastern Australia. It has mostly smooth bark with some persistent slabs of old bark at the base, juvenile leaves with one glaucous side, glossy, lance-shaped adult leaves,

pedicellate 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 ...

flower buds in groups of three, white flowers and conical fruit. Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus fruit

Gippsland Blue Gum old nuts (6281385458)

Description

''Eucalyptus globulus'' subsp. ''pseudoglobulus'' 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 is mostly smooth, shedding in long strips to leave a white or greyish surface. There is sometimes rough, partially shed bark at the base of the trunk and ribbons of shedding bark in the upper branches. 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

glaucous ''Glaucous'' (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (''Larus hyperboreus''), glaucous-winged gull (''Larus glaucescens''), g ...

and more or less square in cross-section, with a prominent wing on each corner. The juvenile leaves are

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 ...

, arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to egg-shaped, the lower surface covered by a white, waxy bloom, long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

s in groups of three on a thick peduncle long, the individual buds

or on a

pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures ...

up to long. Mature buds are club-shaped to pear-shaped, long and wide with a flattened operculum that has a central knob. Flowering has been recorded in February and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, conical capsule, long and wide with the valves protruding slightly above rim level.

Taxonomy and naming

Victorian eurabbie was first formally described in 1891 by

Charles Naudin Charles Victor Naudin (14 August 1815 in Autun – 19 March 1899 in Antibes) was a French naturalist and botanist. Biography Naudin studied at Bailleul-sur-Thérain in 1825, at Limoux, and at the University of Montpellier from which he gradu ...

who gave it the name ''Eucalyptus globulus'' var. ''pseudoglobulus'' and published the description in his book ''Description and emploi des Eucalyptus: introduits en Europe principalement en France et en Algerie: second memoire''. In 1974,

James Barrie Kirkpatrick James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

described four subspecies, including changing the name of ''E. globulus'' var. ''pseudoglobulus'' to ''E. globulus'' subsp. ''pseudoglobulus''.

Distribution and habitat

Victorian eurabbie grows in forest on the slopes of valleys and hills from the

Nadgee Nature Reserve The Nadgee Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the far south coast region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve is situated to the immediate south of Beowa National Park. Its southern border is boun ...

in far southeastern New South Wales to the coastal ranges of eastern

Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...

in Victoria.

References

globulus subsp. pseudoglobulus Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) {{Australia-rosid-stub