Common Name: MYRTLE FAMILY Habit: [Subshrub] shrub, tree, trunk bark smooth or scaly; glands 0 or embedded in epidermis. Leaf: opposite or alternate, persistent, generally glandular when young. Inflorescence: generally axillary, raceme, panicle, cyme, or flowers 1. Flower: generally bisexual, parts in 4s, 5s, generally +- white; hypanthium exceeding ovary or not; stamens generally many; ovary [rarely superior to] inferior, 2--5(18)-chambered; placentas axillary, just below top, or basal, ovules few to many, generally in 2--many series. Fruit: berry, capsule, nut. Seed: 1--many; coat membranous to +- leathery or hard, bony; embryo starchy or oily (of great taxonomic importance). Genera In Family: 100 genera, +- 3500 species: many species tropical America, Australasia, fewer Africa, southern Asia; economically important for timber (Eucalyptus), spices (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry, cloves; Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr., allspice), edible fruits (Psidium guajava L., guava; Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret, pineapple guava), many orns (Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, several other genera). Note: Apparently of Gondwanan origins; tropics, subtropics, Mediterranean climates. Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer, Luma apiculata (DC.) Burret, Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours., Myrtus communis L., Syzygium australe (Link) B. Hyland are waifs. eFlora Treatment Author: Leslie R. Landrum, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: EUCALYPTUS, GUM TREE Habit: Tree, shrub. Stem: generally erect; bark shedding, smooth, or persistent near base (occasionally) or throughout, rough; twigs generally round. Leaf: juvenile generally opposite, horizontal, sessile, +- cordate, entire, glaucous; adult generally alternate, vertical, petioled, +- lanceolate, entire, glandular, glabrous, generally same color on both sides. Inflorescence: axillary, (1)3--many-flowered, stalked umbel or panicle-like cluster of such umbels. Flower: perianth (generally, entirety of calyx lobes, petals) fused into bud cap in bud, bud cap shed at flower; stamens many, in several series, generally all fertile, white (yellow, red, pink); ovary chambers 3--6, fused to hypanthium. Fruit: capsule, thick-walled, woody, generally smooth, generally dehiscing at top. Seed: generally 1--3 mm, wind-dispersed. Etymology: (Greek: true cap, for bud cap) Note: World's largest flowering plants, some > 100 m; Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims excluded, cultivated only. eFlora Treatment Author: Matt Ritter Reference: Brooker 2000 Austral Syst Bot 13:79--148
Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
NATURALIZED Stem: < 60 m, straight; bark sometimes persistent near base, otherwise shed in irregular strips, smooth, blue-gray; twigs +- square or winged. Leaf: 10--30 cm, 2.5--4 cm wide, generally narrowly lanceolate, often sickle-shaped, generally aromatic. Inflorescence: flowers 1 in axils, +- sessile. Flower: hypanthium < 2 cm, +- 4-ribbed, obconic, glaucous; bud cap flat-hemispheric, with central knob, generally < hypanthium, warty, glaucous; stamens white. Fruit: > 2 cm, +- 4-ribbed, warty, glaucous, rim wide, thickened; valves +- not exserted. Ecology: Common. Disturbed areas; Elevation: < 300 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoRO, GV, CW, SW; Distribution Outside California: native to southeastern Australia. Flowering Time: Oct--Jan Note: Most cultivated, most naturalized, tallest flower plants in California; easily recognized by large, solitary flowers, fruits; growth rapid. Jepson eFlora Author: Matt Ritter Reference: Brooker 2000 Austral Syst Bot 13:79--148 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) View the CDFA Pest Rating page for Eucalyptus globulus Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Eucalyptus conferruminata Next taxon: Eucalyptus polyanthemos
Botanical illustration including Eucalyptus globulus
Citation for this treatment: Matt Ritter 2012, Eucalyptus globulus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=25266, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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