''Eucalyptus clivicola'', commonly known as green mallet, is a species of eucalypt that is

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. It has smooth bark, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and thirteen, pale yellow flowers and barrel-shaped, conical or cylindrical fruit. Eucalyptus clivicola buds(2)

Description

''Eucalyptus clivicola'' is a mallet that typically grows to a height of and rarely forms a lignotuber. It has smooth grey over yellowish bark with flakes of rough, greyish bark that has not been completely shed. Its adult leaves are linear to lance-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between nine and thirteen on a peduncle long that widens near the end, the individual buds on a

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long. Mature buds are top-shaped to elongated, long and wide with a conical to horn-shaped operculum up to three times as long as the

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. Flowering occurs from December to May and the flowers are pale yellow. The fruit is a woody, barrel-shaped, to conical or cylindrical capsule long and wide.

Taxonomy and naming

''Eucalyptus clivicola'' was first formally described in 1991 by 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 ...

from a specimen on the

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- Hopetoun road and the description was publish in the journal ''

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''. The

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(''clivicola'') is derived from the

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word ''clivus'' meaning "ascent", "elevation", "hill" or "sloping hillside" with the

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''-cola'' meaning "dweller", referring to the usual habitat of this species.

Distribution and habitat

Green mallet often grows in pure stands of open forest on breakaways, rarely on flat ground. It occurs between Ongerup, Ravensthorpe and Lake Magenta in the

Esperance Plains Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee region. It is a pl ...

and Mallee

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Conservation status

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

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15396045 clivicola Endemic flora of Western Australia Mallees (habit) Myrtales of Australia Eucalypts of Western Australia Goldfields-Esperance Great Southern (Western Australia) Taxa named by Ian Brooker Taxa named by Stephen Hopper Plants described in 1991

Description

Taxonomy and naming

Distribution and habitat

Conservation status

See also

References