Corymbia torta
| Corymbia torta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Corymbia |
| Species: | C. torta |
| Binomial name | |
| Corymbia torta K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson | |
Corymbia torta is a bloodwood native to Western Australia[1]
The tree typically grows to a height of 12 to 15 metres (39 to 49 ft) and has smooth white bark that is shed from the tree in thin scales.[1] Adult leaves are disjunct, glossy, green to grey-green and concolorous they have a thin, linear to narrow lanceolate or lanceolate shape that is basally tapered. Petioles are narrowly flattened or channelled.[2]
It produces white flowers in May or November[1] and produces an axillary, compound or simple, conflorescence with irregular seven to eleven flowered umbellasters. Fruits that are cylindrical to ovoid and pedicellate containing red or red-brown seeds form later.[2]
The range of C. torta is confined to a part of the Kimberley region where it is found in the Central Kimberley and Northern Kimberley IBRA bioregions. It grows in skeletal sandy soils over sandstone or granite.[1]
There are three subspecies:
- Corymbia torta subsp. allanii
- Corymbia torta subsp. mixtifolia
- Corymbia torta subsp. torta[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Corymbia torta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 1 2 "Corymbia torta K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Telopea 6: 418 (1995)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Corymbia torta subsp. torta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.