- Eucalyptus capitellata
taxobox
name = Brown Stringybark
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperm s
unranked_classis =Eudicot s
unranked_ordo =Rosid s
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus "
species = "E. capitellata"
binomial = "Eucalyptus capitellata"
binomial_authority = Sm.|"Eucalyptus capitellata", commonly known as Brown Stringybark,cite web | title = Australian Plant Common Name Database | url = http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/ | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | publisher =
Australian National Botanic Gardens ] is a tree native toNew South Wales ,Australia .Description
It grows as a tree up to 25 metres tall, with stringy red-brown bark, 10–17 centimetre long green leaves, and white or cream flowers clustered in inflorescences of from seven to 13 flowers.
Taxonomy
Specimens of "E. capitellata" were first collected by
First Fleet surgeon and naturalist John White. An image of the fruit of this species was published byJames Edward Smith 's 1790 "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales ", but incorrectly ascribed to "E. piperita". "E. capitellata" was eventually published by Smith in his 1793 "A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland ".cite book | first = James Edward | last = Smith | authorlink = James Edward Smith | year = 1793 | title =A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland | location = London | publisher =James Sowerby ]The species' taxonomy has remained fairly clear. In 1790,
George Bentham published a putative variety, "E. capitellata" var. "latifolia", but this is now considered a synonym of "E. baxteri". Other than the resultantautonym "E. capitellata" var. "capitellata", the species itself has no taxonomic synonyms, although "E. prominula", now considered a synonym of "E. youmanii", was ascribed to "E. capitellata" between 1991 and 1999. A hybrid of this species with "E. piperita" is thought to be the basis for the name "E. pseudo-piperita".APNI | name = "Eucalyptus capitellata" Sm. | id = 40582]Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to
New South Wales .References
wikisourcepar|A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland/Eucalyptus robusta|A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland/Eucalyptus robusta
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