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.


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