Eucalyptus decipiens

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
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. Bisectae
Subsectio: E. subsect. Destitutae
Series: E. ser. Falcatae
Subserie: E. subser. Decipientes
Species: Eucalyptus decipiens
Name

Eucalyptus decipiens Endl., 1837
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Eucalyptus concolor Schauer in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 129 (1844)
Eucalyptus decipiens var. latifolia Schauer in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 129 (1844)

Hybrids

E. × balanites – E. × phylacis

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
References
Primary references

Endlicher, S.L. in S. L. Endlicher et al., 1837. Enum. Pl. (Endlicher) 49.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Eucalyptus decipiens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eucalyptus decipiens. Published online. Accessed: May 06 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Eucalyptus decipiens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Eucalyptus decipiens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 May 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eucalyptus decipiens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: limestone marlock

Eucalyptus decipiens, commonly known as redheart[2] or redheart moit[3] is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has varying amounts of rough, imperfectly shed ribbons of brownish bark and smooth whitish to grey bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between eleven and twenty one, and conical to flattened hemispherical fruit.
flower buds
fruit
Description

Eucalyptus decipiens is a mallee or small tree that typically grows to 1.5–15 m (4 ft 11 in – 49 ft 3 in) high and 3–6 m (9.8–19.7 ft) wide and forms a lignotuber. It has varying amounts of rough, flaky, greyish brown ribbony bark and smooth grey to pinkish bark. Young plants and coppice regrowth have broadly elliptic to almost round, dull bluish green leaves 20–65 mm (0.79–2.56 in) long and 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, thick, dull, grey-green and lance-shaped with a hook-like tip. They are 55–125 mm (2.2–4.9 in) long and 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide on a flattened petiole 4–22 mm (0.16–0.87 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of between eleven and twenty one on a peduncle 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long, the individual buds sessile or on a pedicel up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long and 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) wide with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between August and January and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody conical to flattened hemispherical capsule 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) wide.[2][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus decipiens was first formally described in 1837 by the botanist Stephan Endlicher from a specimen collected near King Georges Sound by Charles von Hügel. The description was published in the book Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel.[6][7] The specific epithet (decipiens) is derived from the Latin word decipio meaning "to beguile" or "to cheat"[8]: 807  but the reason Endlicher gave this name is not clear, but may refer to its similarity to another species.[4]

Subspecies, including E. decipiens subsp. chalara Brooker & Hopper have been described but the names have not been accepted by the Australian Plant Census.[9]
Distribution and habitat

Redheart is found on sandplains, hills and along the edges of swamps in the Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia growing in clay, loam or sandy soils over laterite.[5]
See also

List of Eucalyptus species

References

"Eucalyptus dealbata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus decipiens". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
"Eucalyptus decipiens - redheart moit". Botanic Gardens of South Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
"Eucalyptus decipiens subsp. adesmophloia". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"Eucalyptus decipiens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Eucalyptus decipiens". APNI. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Endlicher, Stephan, ed. (1837). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel. New York: Apud F. Beck. p. 49. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 476.
"Eucalyptus dealbata subsp. chalara". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 May 2019.