Eucalyptus houseana W.Fitzg. ex Maiden

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Tree to 24 m. Bark white to light grey, often with fragments of deciduous flakes adhering. Juvenile leaves opposite, suborbicular to ovate, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves subopposite or alternate, lanceolate, acute, moderately thick; lamina 10–15 cm long, 1.5–3.2 cm wide, pale green, concolorous or very slightly discolorous; lateral veins just visible, at 35°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 12–20 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 3–6 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid to subglobular, subglaucous; operculum hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to obconical, 2–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; disc convex or slightly descending; valves 3 or 4, level or slightly exserted.
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Grows alongriver flats in swampy alluvial soil, in open forest and woodland, oftendominant.
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Images

Eucalyptus houseana unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucalyptus houseana world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus houseana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593003-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955102
COL ID 3BQ2T
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus houseana