Eucalyptus cladocalyx

F. Mueller

Linnaea 25: 388. 1853.

Common names: Sugar gum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Trees, 20 m; trunk white, often mottled gray, orange, or tan, mostly straight, graceful, ± smooth; bark shed in large, irregular patches. Leaves: petiole 0.1–0.2 cm; blade light green abaxially, ± widely lanceolate, 8–15 × 2–3 cm. Peduncles 1–3 cm. Inflorescences mostly 7–11-flowered, umbels, usually on leafless branches. Flowers: hypanthium cylindrical or urn-shaped, ± ribbed, less than 10 mm, length 3–4 times calyptra; calyptra cylindric to urn-shaped, abruptly pointed; stamens white. Capsules ± urn-shaped, ribbed, 10–15 mm, not glaucous; valves 3 or 4, included.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed areas.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., s Australia.

Discussion

Eucalyptus cladocalyx is commonly cultivated in southern California.

Eucalyptus corynocalyx F. Mueller is an illegitimate name based on the same type as E. cladocalyx. Mueller may have thought corynocalyx (club-calyx) was a more appropriate name than cladocalyx (branch-calyx) and intended to change the name. The closed bud of this species is clublike.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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