Eucalyptus persistens is a species of small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, dark grey bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or 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. persistens
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Description edit
Eucalyptus persistens is a species of tree, rarely a mallee, that typically grows to a height of 12 m (39 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, dark grey bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, bluish, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves that are 45–100 mm (1.8–3.9 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same shade of green on both sides, 70–140 mm (2.8–5.5 in) long and 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) long. The flower buds are mostly arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle in groups of seven. The peduncles are 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with a conical, rounded or beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between April and October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with the valves near rim level.[2][3]
Taxonomy edit
Eucalyptus persistens was first formally described in 1991 by Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill in the journal Telopea, from material they collected in 1984.[3][4] The specific epithet (persistens) is from Latin, meaning "persisting", referring to the outer operculum and rough bark.[2]
Distribution edit
This tree occurs in north-eastern Queensland between Laura, Mareeba, Hughenden, Forsayth and Marlborough.[3]
Conservation status edit
This eucalypt is listed as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Eucalyptus persistens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Eucalyptus persistens subsp. persistens". Euclid:Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Hill, Kenneth; Johnson, Lawrence (1 March 1991). "Systematic studies in the eucalypts - 4. New taxa in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 4 (2): 337–339. doi:10.7751/telopea19914932.
- ^ "Eucalyptus persistens". APNI. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Eucalyptus persistens". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 November 2019.