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Eucalyptus spathulata (eucalyptus)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus spathulata, commonly known as swamp mallet, is a species of Eucalyptus which is endemic to Western Australia. It is a mallet that grows to 8 metres high and has smooth bark and narrow leaves. The species was formally described in 1844 by botanist William Jackson Hooker in Icones Plantarum. Two subspecies are recognised: \n* E. spathulata subsp. salina D.Nicolle & Brooker \n* E. spathulata Hook. subsp. spathulata It is widely cultivated in southern Australia and can be grown in saline and poorly drained situations.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus spathulata

Infraspecies

Eucalyptus spathulata grandiflora (Ongerup mallee) (Attributes)
Eucalyptus spathulata salina
Eucalyptus spathulata spathulata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eucalyptus spathulata

Attributes

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

Predators

Apiomorpha urnalis[3]
Blastopsylla occidentalis (Eucalypt shoot psyllid)[4]
Mimeraspis rotunda[5]

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
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae) & Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae), Susan E. Halbert, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; Raymond Gill, California Department of Agriculture; and James N. Nisson, Orange County (California) Agriculture Commissioner's Office, October 2003
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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