Eucalyptus similis
species of plant
Eucalyptus similis, commonly known as inland yellowjacket or Queensland yellow jacket, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a tree with rough bark, lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped or sickle-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white or cream-coloured flowers and cylindrical to cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus similis is a tree that typically grows to a height of 8 to 14 metres (26 to 46 ft) and has rough, yellow to yellow-brown or red-brown bark over most of the trunk and branches. Leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are sometimes arranged in opposite pairs, egg-shaped, 60–130 mm (2.4–5.1 in) long and 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped or sickle-shaped, 85–180 mm (3.3–7.1 in) long, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) wide and tapering to the petiole with the lower surface a lighter shade of green. The flowers are borne in umbels of seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 14–20 mm (0.55–0.79 in) long, each bud on a pedicel 1–8 mm (0.039–0.315 in) long. Mature buds are cylindrical to pear-shaped or spindle-shaped, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering has been observed in December and the flowers are white or cream-coloured, and the fruit is a cylindrical to cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and 6–13 mm (0.24–0.51 in) wide.
Eucalyptus similis is very similar in appearance to Corymbia leichhardtii.
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus similis was first formally described by the botanist Joseph Maiden in 1913 in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales from samples collected by G.H. Carr from Emerald in 1908.
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