Eucalyptus argillacea

Eucalyptus argillacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Eucalypteae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Subgenus: E. subg. Symphyomyrtus
Sectio: E. sect. Adnataria
Subsectio: E. subsect. Apicales
Series: E. ser. Aquilonares
Subseries: E. subser. Protrusae
Species: Eucalyptus argillacea

Name

Eucalyptus argillacea W.Fitzg. [Kimberley Report: 12, nom. nud.] ex Maiden, Crit. Rev. Eucalyptus 4: 132 (1918)

• Typus: W.V. Fitzgerald 962 (in flower and old fruit, [May 1905]; Holotypus: NSW [​NSW10107^(JSTOR)]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: BRI-AQ0023496, CANB 434610.1^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex FRI], E [​E00288076^(JSTOR), possibly]).
• Type locality: North West AUSTRALIA. [Western Australia:] Western Kimberley, base of Mount House.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• Chippendale (1988) included also Northern Territory and Queensland in native range of E. argillacea, citing the following specimens:
  • Northern Territory:
    • G.M. Chippendale 2171 (collected at 1.6 km NW of Montejinnie Station, 10 July 1956; deposited in BRI, CANB, DNA A0002171 [ex NT], NSW)
    • R.E. Winkworth 1051 (collected at 3.2 km S of Renner Springs, 17° 44' S, 133° 32' E, 24 March 1955; deposited in AD, BRI, CANB {32942.1 & 410389.1} [one of which is ex FRI], DNA A0017195 [ex NT], K, MEL 1614681A, NSW [​NSW301114], PERTH 1032038); currently determined as E. chlorophylla Brooker & Done (by L.A.S. Johnson on 20 February 1987 [NSW, as "Symphyomyrtus chlorophylla (Brooker & Done) L.Johnson & Blaxell subsp. chlorophylla"] and M.I.H. Brooker [CANB in 1991; MEL in November 1992])
  • Queensland:
    • B. Hyland 6283 (collected between Jeannie and Howick Rivers, 14° 40' S, 144° 45' E, alt. 40 m, 26 July 1972; deposited in BRI AQ0095823, CANB {238577.1, 423619.1} [ex FRI], CNS {QRS 4564.1, 4565.2, 4566.4, 4567.5, 4568.3}, NSW [​NSW300889]); currently determined as E. chlorophylla (by L.A.S. Johnson on 20 February 1987 [NSW, as "Symphyomyrtus chlorophylla subsp. yorkiana L.Johnson & K.Hill"], M.I.H. Brooker in 1991 [CANB] and K.D. Hill on 8 April 1997 [BRI & CNS])
    • L. Pedley 2056 (collected at 16 km W of Gregory Downs, 2 June 1966; deposited in BRI AQ0095807, CANB 243097.1, K); currently determined as E. chlorophylla (by M.I.H. Brooker in 1991 [CANB] and K.D. Hill on 7 April 1997 [BRI])

References

Primary references

• Maiden, J.H. 1920. A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus​. Vol. 4. Parts 31–40. Sydney: William Applegate Gullick. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chippendale, G.M. 1988. Eucalyptus. In: Flora of Australia 19: 1–448; 495–507 (Appendix). AGPS. Online. Reference page.  [see page 377.]

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eucalyptus argillacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• IUCN: Eucalyptus argillacea W.Fitzg. ex Maiden (Least Concern) - Assessed by R. Fensham, T. Collingwood & B. Laffineur on 5 June 2019.
• Slee, A.V., Brooker, M.I.H., Duffy, S.M. & West, J.G. 2020. Eucalyptus_argillacea. EUCLID: Eucalypts of Australia. Fourth Edition. Accessed: 2022 September 22
• Slee, A.V., Brooker, M.I.H., Duffy, S.M. & West, J.G. 2020. Eucalyptus_leucophylla. EUCLID: Eucalypts of Australia. Fourth Edition. Accessed: 2022 September 22
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eucalyptus argillacea. Published online. Accessed: 22 September 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eucalyptus argillacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mount House Box

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