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This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Queensland to SE. Australia.

[FTEA]

Myrtaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001

Habit
Tree to 25 m with rough fibrous bark on trunk but white and smooth above.
Leaves
Juvenile leaves ovate or ± round; adult lanceolate, 10–16 cm long, 1.7–3 cm wide; petiole not or slightly flattened, 1.5–2.2 cm long.
Inflorescences
Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 1–1.5 cm long, pedicels 0–5 mm long.
Buds
Buds cylindrical, glaucous; operculum conical, 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide.
Calyx
Calyx-tube 4–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide.
Fruits
Fruits glaucous, cylindrical to suburceolate, 6–15 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, often ribbed.
Figures
Fig. 5/1, p. 30.
Distribution
K3 K4 K5 U2

Native to:

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Kenya, Uganda

Eucalyptus albens Benth. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jun 12, 1973 Cunningham, A. [198], New South Wales K000347582 syntype
Jun 12, 1973 Cunningham, A. [198], New South Wales K000347580 syntype
Jun 12, 1973 Stuart, C. [s.n.], New South Wales K000347583 syntype
Jun 12, 1973 Mueller, F.J.H. von [s.n.], Victoria K000347584 syntype
Jun 12, 1973 Mueller, F.J.H. von [s.n.], Victoria K000347585 syntype
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], New South Wales K000347581

First published in Fl. Austral. 3: 219 (1867)

Accepted by

  • Bean, A.R. (2009). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Eastern grey boxes (Eucalyptus ser. Moluccanae Chippendale, Myrtaceae) and the reinstatement of Eucalyptus woollsiana R.T.Baker Austrobaileya 8: 25-34.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chippendale in Fl. Austral. 19: 394, fig. 102/i–j (1988).
  • Benth., Fl. Austral. 3: 219 (1867).

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