Eucalyptus jimberlanica

Eucalyptus jimberlanica, commonly known as Norseman gimlet,^[2] is a species of mallet or a tree and is endemic to a small area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It has smooth, brownish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven and conical to cup-shaped fruit.

Eucalyptus jimberlanica is a mallet or a tree that typically grows to a height of 4 to 10 metres (13 to 33 ft) and does not form a lignotuber. It has smooth, glossy dark brown to copper-coloured bark on the trunk and branches. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, narrow lance-shaped to lance-shaped, 45–90 mm (1.8–3.5 in) long and 5–18 mm (0.20–0.71 in) wide tapering to a petiole up to 13 mm (0.51 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on a thick, flattened, unbranched peduncle2–9 mm (0.079–0.354 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. Mature buds are oval to more or less spherical, 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long and 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) wide with a hemispherical operculum that is about the same length as the floral cup. The fruit is a more or less sessile, woody, conical to cup-shaped capsule7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) wide with the valves below rim level.^[3][4][5]

This eucalypt is one of nine species of gimlet in the genus Eucalyptus. It is regarded by some as a possible hybrid between E. terebra and E. ravida.^[6]

Eucalyptus jimberlanica fue descrita formalmente por primera vez por Lawrence Johnson y Kenneth Hill en 1991 y la descripción se publicó en la revista Telopea . El espécimen tipo fue recolectado en Jimberlana Hill, al noreste de Norseman, por Hill, Johnson y Donald Frederick Blaxell en 1983. ^{[ 3 ] [ 7 ]}

El gimlet de Norseman se encuentra en los bordes de los valles en una pequeña área en la región de Goldfields-Esperance de Australia Occidental cerca de Norseman, donde crece en suelos francos. ^{[ 4 ]}

Este eucalipto está clasificado como " Prioridad Uno " por el Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre del Gobierno de Australia Occidental , ^{[ 4 ]} lo que significa que se conoce solo en uno o pocos lugares que están potencialmente en riesgo. ^{[ 8 ]}

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