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Eucalyptus marginata

Donn ex Sm. (1802)

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 30–40 m tall.

Stems: Bark reddish brown or brown to gray, fibrous throughout.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Adult Alternate. Blades lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 8–13 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide. Apex uncinate or acuminate. Blades discolorous. Margins entire. Petioles 12–16 mm long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 7–11 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles 10–20 mm long, pedicels 5–13 mm long. buds cylindrical to rostrate, 7–13 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx modified into an operculum; operculum rostrate. Stamens numerous, in several whorls; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior; ovule placentation axile.

Fruit: Fruit globose or ovoid; 9–16 mm long; 9–15 mm wide; valves included or level. Seeds numerous.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat: Planted on Kaua'i; O'ahu; Moloka'i; Maui; and Hawai'i; and at least regenerating from seed in these areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 302 (1802)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:956 (K, O, Mo, M, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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