Eucalyptus preissiana

taxobox
name = Bell-fruited Mallee

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image_caption = "Eucalyptus preissiana"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
species = "E. preissiana"
binomial = "Eucalyptus preissiana"
binomial_authority = Schauer|

"Eucalyptus preissiana", also known as Bell-fruited Mallee, is a small tree or shrub which occurs in an area between Albany and Esperance in Western Australia.

It is a mallee Eucalyptus with smooth, grey bark that usually grows to between 2 and 3 metres in height. The leaves are large, ovate, thick and blunt-tipped. It produces large, yellow flowers on thick peduncles from late winter to late spring. The buds have rounded reddish-coloured caps and the fruits are large and bell-shaped. Yellow flowers appear between August and November (late winter to late spring) in its native range.

ubspecies

There are currently two recognised subspecies of "Eucalyptus preissiana":
*"E. preissiana" subsp. "lobata" Brooker & Slee
*"E. preissiana" Schauer subsp. "preissiana"

ee also

*List of Eucalyptus species

References

* [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Eucalyptus+preissiana Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): "Eucalyptus preissiana"]
* [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=273&level=s&id=5751 FloraBase – The Western Australian Flora: "Eucalyptus preissiana"]

*Holliday, I. and Watton, G. (1980) "A Gardener's Guide to Eucalypts". Rigby.