Eucalyptus horistes L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Mallee or tree to 12 m. Bark rough, fibrous, fissured, grey on lower trunk, smooth, grey-brown above. Juvenile leaves opposite, becoming alternate, sessile, lanceolate or elliptic, grey-green, decurrent. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 6–9.5 cm long, 0.6–2 cm wide, grey-green, glandular; lateral veins faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein almost confluent with or up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 8–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered, sometimes more; peduncle terete, 5–12 mm long; pedicels 3–6 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical or rostrate, 5–10 mm long, c. 4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 4–6 mm long, c. 4 mm wide. Fruits urceolate or subglobular, 5–8 mm long, 5–7 mm wide; valves 3.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows on plains in lateritic and sandyloam in mallee shrubland.
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Sandy soils.
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Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus horistes world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus horistes threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:935249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955101
COL ID 3BQ2S
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus horistes Eucalyptus hypochlamydea