Eucalyptus perangusta, commonly known as fine-leaved mallee,[2] is a species of mallee that is endemic to a small area on the south coast of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, glossy green, linear leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, creamy white flowers and short, barrel-shaped fruit.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. perangusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus perangusta | |
Description edit
Eucalyptus perangusta is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 4 m (13 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, pale grey bark that is shed in thin, curly flakes. Young plants and coppice regrowth have linear to oblong, dull greenish leaves that are 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide and more or less sessile. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, linear, 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide on a petiole 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axil in groups of seven or nine on an unbranched peduncle 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between December and March and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody, shortly barrel-shaped capsule, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and wide with the valves near rim level.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy edit
Eucalyptus perangusta was first formally described in 1988 by Ian Brooker in the journal Nuytsia from material collected near "Oldfield's Road, east of the Young River crossing" in 1983.[4][5] The specific epithet (perangusta) is from Latin, meaning "very narrow".[6]
Distribution and habitat edit
Fine-leaved mallee grows in heath on undulating sandplains in sandy soil, especially over gravel or clay. It is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions between Ravensthorpe, Newdegate and Salmon Gums.[2][3][7]
Conservation status edit
This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Eucalyptus perangusta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Eucalyptus perangusta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Eucalyptus perangusta". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b Brooker, M. Ian H. "Eucalyptus foecunda revisited and six related new species (Myrtaceae)". Nuytsia: 330–332. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Eucalyptus perangusta". APNI. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 274. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ Archer, William. "Eucalyptus perangusta - WA Narrow-leaved mallee". Esperance Wildflowers. Retrieved 28 November 2019.