Eucalyptus cernua

Eucalyptus cernua, commonly known as the red-flowered moort[1] or the yellow-flowered moort,[2] is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[3]

Red-flowered moort
Eucalyptus cernua flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. cernua
Binomial name
Eucalyptus cernua

Description

The mallee typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft)[3] but can reach as high as 5 m (16 ft).[2] It has smooth mottled grey to brown coloured bark[3] that can become black over greenish yellow new bark. It has no lignotuber and a single stem. The concolorous glossy green adult leaves are arranged alternately. The leaf blade has a lanceolate shape that is 4.2 to 9.5 centimetres (1.7 to 3.7 in) in length and 1.2 to 3.3 cm (0.47 to 1.30 in) wide with a base tapering to petiole.[2] It blooms between October and December and produces crimson-red flowers.[3] Each axillary unbranched inflorescence is often down-turned and 1.2 to 2.8 cm (0.47 to 1.10 in) in length and occurs groups of seven per umbel.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanists Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper in 2002 and Taxonomy of species deriving from the publication of Eucalyptus subseries Cornutae Benth. (Myrtaceae) as published in the journal Nuytsia.[4] The specific epithet is taken from the Latin word cernuus meaning nodding, towards earth in reference referring to the downward facing inflorescences.[2] The species was previously thought to have been Eucalyptus nutans.[1][5]

Distribution

It has a limited range along the south coast of Western Australia in the Goldfields-Esperance region near Ravensthorpe particularly in the Fitzgerald River National Park.[3]

Cultivation

It is used for ornamental plantings, shade and honey production. When cultivated it can tolerate arid area, is slow growing and requires little maintenance.

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See also

References
  1. "Eucalyptus cernua". Windmill Outback Nursery. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. "Eucalyptus cernua". Euclid. CSIRO. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "Eucalyptus cernua". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. "Eucalyptus cernua Brooker & Hopper". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. N K McQuoid & S D Hopper (2007). "The rediscovery of Eucalyptus nutans F. Muell. from the south coast of Western Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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