Merrit (Eucalyptus flocktoniae)
Description
Eucalyptus flocktoniae is a species of Western Australian gum confined to the southwest and named after the noted botanical illustrator, Margaret Flockton. The Noongar peoples know the tree as Merrit.This species was first described in Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. xlix, 316 (1915) and the following description is taken from "A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus" published by Joseph Henry Maiden (1859-1925) and which is in the public domain. The tree can sometimes have a mallee habit. It usually grows to a height of 2.5 to 15 metres (8 to 49 ft) and has smooth silvery-grey bark. The tree blooms between August and April producing yellow flowers. The seedlings of E. flocktoniae are remarkable, and may thus be described from the earliest stages. Hypocotyl long, wiry and angular, crimson. Cotyledons bisected, green on the back, with sometimes a purple tip. Stem angular, crimson, with prominent oil-glands. First leaves narrow-linear, alternate. They afterwards become opposite. As development proceeds, and while the leaves are opposite, they become decurrent in a remarkable degree.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Eucalyptus
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