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Eucalyptus bridgesiana

R.T.Baker (1898)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Eucalyptus

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 12–22 m tall.

Stems: Bark gray to grayish brown, fibrous, flaky, tessellate throughout.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 12–20 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Blades concolorous. Margins crenulate. Petioles 15–30 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles terete (cylindrical), 7–15 mm long, pedicels 2–5 mm long. buds ovoid, often apiculate, 5–7 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum conical. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovule placentation axile.

Fruit: Fruit hemispherical; 5–7 mm long; 4–7 mm wide; valves 3–4; exserted. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted extensively on Kauaʻi; Oʻahu; Molokaʻi; and Hawaiʻi; and regenerating by seed at least within the plantations.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 23: 164 (1898)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:951 (K, O, Mo, H); Note: excluded from checklist, no nat. spms., Apr 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eucalyptus bridgesiana Boundary lines at Schofield, Oahu Preserved_Specimen Atkinson, J. Oahu BISH 1952-06-20
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