Eucalyptus behriana, commonly known as bull mallee and broad-leaved box,[3] is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the lower part of the trunk and smooth bark above, broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.
| Bull mallee | |
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| Eucalyptus behriana near Cummins | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. behriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus behriana | |
Description edit
Eucalyptus behriana is a tree or a mallee that typically grows to a height of 12 metres (39 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous, dark brown to black bark on the base of the trunk and smooth greyish, greenish or coppery bark on the upper trunk and branches. Leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged alternately, egg-shaped, 50–105 mm (2–4 in) long, 25–65 mm (1–3 in) wide and have a petiole. The adult leaves are arranged alternately, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 45–130 mm (2–5 in) long, 13–50 mm (0.5–2 in) wide on a petiole 10–22 mm (0.4–0.9 in) long, and the same glossy green on both sides.[4][5][6][7][8]
The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven, mostly on the ends of the branches on a peduncle 3–10 mm (0.1–0.4 in) long, the individual flowers usually sessile. Mature buds are oblong to oval, green to brownish, 3–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering mainly occurs from September to February and the flowers are white. The fruit that follows is a woody, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) long and 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in) in diameter.[4][5][6][7][8]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Eucalyptus behriana was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855 and the description was published in Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science.[9][10] The specific epithet (behriana) honours Hans Hermann Behr.[5]
Distribution edit
Eucalyptus behriana has a disjunct distribution in south-eastern Australia. In New South Wales it occurs in mallee shrubland near West Wyalong. In Victoria it occurs in the Mallee and Wimmera in the north-west, with the exception of a small outlying population in the south near Bacchus Marsh including Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve.[4] In South Australia, it has a scattered distribution across the south-east.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Fensham, R.; Laffineur, B.; Collingwood, T. (2019). "Eucalyptus behriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T133374858A133374860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T133374858A133374860.en. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Eucalyptus beardiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Brooker, M.I.H.; Kleinig, D.A. (2006). Field Guide to Eucalypts (Volume 1: South-eastern Australia) (3 ed.). Melbourne: Bloomings Books. p. 216. ISBN 1876473525.
- ^ a b c Nicolle, Dean. Eucalypts of Victoria and Tasmania. Bloomings Books. ISBN 978-1-876473-60-0.
- ^ a b c "Eucalyptus behrii Bull mallee". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b Chippendale, George McCartney. "Eucalyptus behriana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b Brooker, M. Ian; Slee, Andrew V. "Eucalyptus behriana". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b Hill, K. "Eucalyptus behriana F.Muell". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Eucalyptus behriana". APNI. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1855). "Descriptions of fifty new Australian plants, chiefly from the colony of Victoria". Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Science. 1: 34–35. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Eucalyptus behriana". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 13 April 2012.