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Eucalyptus albopurpurea (Coffin Bay mallee)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus behriana var. purpurascens (homotypic); Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. purpurascens; Eucalyptus lansdowneana albopurpurea (homotypic); Eucalyptus lansdowneana var. leucantha; Eucalyptus odorata var. purpurascens

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus albopurpurea, commonly known as the purple-flowered mallee box, Port Lincoln mallee, or the Coffin Bay mallee, is a mallee with fibrous grey-brown bark. It is endemic to South Australia with distribution limited to coastal areas on Kangaroo Island and the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in the vicinity of Coffin Bay. White, pink or purple flowers appear between March and October. E. albopurpurea was previously considered a subspecies of E. lansdowneana however is now considered most closely related to E. odorata.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0