Eucalyptus argutifolia

taxobox
name = Wabling Hill Mallee
status = VU
status_system = EPBC
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
species = "E. argutifolia"
binomial = "Eucalyptus argutifolia"
binomial_authority = Grayling & Brooker,1992|

"Eucalyptus argutifolia", commonly known as Wabling Hill Mallee, is a species of "Eucalyptus" which is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

"Eucalyptus argutifolia" is a mallee which grows up to 4 metres in height with smooth grey or pale copper-coloured bark. It has smooth, petiolate, juvenile leaves which average about 4.5 cm long and 4 cm wide, while the glossy green adult leaves are up to 12 cm long and 3 cm wide, although intermediate-sized leaves are often seen.

Small, white flowers appear in the autumn (March to April in areas where they occur naturally) followed by fruits that are less than 1 cm in diameter.

Distribution

The species occurs naturally on Wabling Hill and Parrot Ridge to the north of Yanchep and to the south of Seabird on shallow soils of limestone ridges, on slopes and in gullies.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Grayling and Brooker in 1992 from the type specimen which was collected at Parrot Ridge in 1987.

It is placed in the "Eucalyptus" sub-genus Symphyomyrtus, section Dumaria, series Rufispermae.

ee also

*List of Eucalyptus species

References

*APNI | name = "Eucalyptus argutifolia" Grayling & Brooker | id = 65640
*FloraBase|name="Eucalyptus argutifolia"|id=13091
* [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/ARGUTI.htm Euclid: "Eucalyptus argutifolia"]
* [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=24263 Department of the Environment and Water - Species Profile and Threats Database: "Eucalyptus argutifolia"]