Eucalyptus curtisii
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Eucalyptus curtisii, commonly known as Plunkett mallee,[1] is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to south-east Queensland in Australia. It has smooth grey to silvery bark, lance-shaped, narrow elliptic or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and wrinkled, cup-shaped fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus curtisii is a slender mallee or small tree that typically grows to a height of Template:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth grey to silvery bark that is shed in short curly flakes. Young plants and coppice regrowth have linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves that are Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide and a slightly darker shade of green on the upper surface. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, elliptic or curved, glossy green but much paler on the lower surface. They are Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide on a petiole Template:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a branching inflorescence near the ends of the stems, each branch with groups of seven buds. The groups are on a peduncle Template:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicel Template:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering occurs from September to December and the flowers are white to creamy white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, wrinkled capsule Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide.[1][2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus curtisii was first formally described in 1931 by William Blakely and Cyril White from a specimen collected on sandstone hills "near Plunkett, [now Plunkett Conservation Park], about Template:Cvt south-west of Brisbane". The description was publish in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.[5][6] The specific epithet (curtisii) honours Densil Curtis, a farmer and naturalist, who collected the type specimens in 1923 and 1929.[2][6]
Distribution and habitat
Plunkett mallee grows in shrubland and open forest in poorly drained sites between Beenleigh, Inglewood, Dalby, and Theodore in south-east Queensland .[1][2]
Cultural references
Eucalyptus curtisii was adopted by Ipswich City Council as its floral emblem in 1996.[7]
See also
References
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