Myrtaceae
Angophora

Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten

First published in J. Bot. 54: 62 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New South Wales. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 30 m with pink or pinkish grey smooth bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves very like those of some Eucalyptus species, narrowly lanceolate or elliptic to narrowly ovate, (4–)8–19 cm long, (0.6–)1.2–3.5 cm wide, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in 3-flowered umbels with axes covered with stiff capitate hairs or ± glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx lobes 5, up to 3 mm long, similarly hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals white, ± round, ± 4 mm diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits campanulate or ovoid, woody, 1–1.7 cm long and wide, prominently ribbed, glabrous to densely hairy.
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/133376611/133376613

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0