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Eucalyptus erythronema (Red-flowered mallee)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus erythronema var. erythronema

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus erythronema, commonly known as the white mallee, Lindsay gum, white-barked mallee or red-flowered mallee is a mallee from Western Australia. It reaches about 5–8 m in height and has white bark covered with a talc-like powder. It can be pinkish at the top. New bark is pale green. The flowers are variable – usually red but can range from pink, yellow to cream. Fruits are conical and ribbed. There are two currently recognised varieties of this species: \n* E. erythronema Turcz. var. erythronema \n* E. erythronema var. marginata (Benth.) Domin
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus erythronema

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eucalyptus erythronema

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.892
Structure [2]  Tree

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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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
3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
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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