An Introduction to the Eucalypts
[This information taken from - Chippendale, G.M. Eucalyptus. In: Chippendale, G.M. (1988). Flora of Australia Vol. 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora, Australian Government Publising Service, Canberra.]
Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Sprengel
subsp. debeuzevillei (Maiden) L.Johnson & Blaxell
Reference:
(Maiden) L.Johnson & Blaxell, Contr. New South Wales Natl Herb. 4: 379 (1973).
Type:
E. debeuzevillei Maiden, J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 54: 68 (1920). T: Jounama Peaks, N.S.W., Dec. 1919, W.A.W. de Beuzeville s.n.; holo: NSW; iso: BM, K.
Illustrations:
N.Hall & M.I.H.Brooker, Forest Tree Ser. No. 125 (1973); S.Kelly et al., Eucalypts 2: t. 181 (1983); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 92 (1983).
Description:
Many-stemmed shrub or a crooked tree, mostly to 9 m, but sometimes to 18 m. Juvenile leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, dull, blue-green. Adult leaves lanceolate, uncinate, thick; lamina 7.5-15 cm long, 1.3-4.5 cm wide, green; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened or channelled, 13-18 mm long. Umbels 7-11-flowered; peduncle flattened, 6-13 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid, angular or 3-ribbed, glaucous; operculum conical, triangular, 3-4 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, angular, 6-7 mm long, 4-5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, glaucous, 10-15 mm long, 7-11 mm wide; disc level; valves 3 or 4, level.
Common name:
Jounama Snow Gum.
Distribution:
Occurs in a small area in the Brindabella Ra., A.C.T., at Jounama Peaks between Kiandra and Tumut Ponds, N.S.W., and near Falls Creek, Vic., usually on steep slopes, plateaus and ridges.
Notes:
Has larger, more angular buds and fruits than the other subspecies of E. pauciflora.