Eucalyptus eudesmioides

Life-forms

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. Eudesmia
Sectio: E. sect. Limbatae
Subsectio: E. subsect. Heteropterae
Serie: E. ser. Tetraedrae
Species: Eucalyptus eudesmioides
Name

Eucalyptus eudesmioides F.Muell. (1860)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Eucalyptus eudesmioides var. globosa Blakely in Key Eucalypts: 69 (1934)
Eudesmia eucalyptoides F.Muell. in Fragm. 2: 35 (1860), pro syn.

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von 1860. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2: 35.

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 eudesmioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eucalyptus eudesmioides. Published online. Accessed: May 08 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Eucalyptus eudesmioides. 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 08. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Eucalyptus eudesmioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 May 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eucalyptus eudesmioides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Mallalie

Eucalyptus eudesmioides, commonly known as mallalie,[2] desert gum or mallabie[3] is a species of mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It is a rounded, bushy mallee with smooth bark, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, club-shaped flower buds arranged in groups of three, whitish flowers and cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit.
flower buds and flowers
fruit
Description

Eucalyptus eudesmioides is a mallee, sometimes a tree, that typically grows to 2–8 m (6 ft 7 in – 26 ft 3 in) high, occasionally up to 10 m (33 ft) but usually less than 4 m (13 ft), and forms a lignotuber. It usually has smooth white to grey or brownish bark, sometimes with a rough, fibrous grey to brown bark near the base of the trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs and 25–75 mm (0.98–2.95 in) long, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) wide. Adult leaves are also arranged in opposite pairs and are lance-shaped to curved, 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in) long and 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) wide on a petiole 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of three on a peduncle 3–13 mm (0.12–0.51 in) long, the individual buds on a pedicel 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long. Mature buds are club-shaped, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide with a rounded to flattened operculum, the stamens in bundles. Flowering occurs from February to May and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cylindrical to barrel-shaped capsule 7–13 mm (0.28–0.51 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide with the valves at or near the level of the rim.[2][4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus eudesmioides was first formally described in 1860 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, initially as Eucalyptus eudesmoides in his book Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[7] The original name is an orthographical variant of E. eudesmioides.[8]

The specific epithet (eudesmioides) is a reference to the Eucalyptus subgenus Eudesmia.[5] The ending -oides is a Latin suffix meaning "likeness".[9]

Mallalie is the Noongar name for the species.[10]
Distribution and habitat

Mallalie occurs coastally and subcoastally from 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Perth northwards to the Murchison River.[4] The range extends from Carnarvon in the Gascoyne south to Wongan Hills in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.[2] It grows in sandy soil on flat or low sloping areas in mallee woodland. It is one of the eucalypts identified in the Eurardy Reserve, a reserve that was established as a bush heritage property in 2011.[11]

Two subspecies, not yet formally described, are recognised by the Australian Plant Census:

Eucalyptus eudesmioides subsp. Pallida;[12]
Eucalyptus eudesmioides subsp. Selachiana.[13]

Conservation status

This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
See also

List of Eucalyptus species

References

"Eucalyptus eudesmioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
"Eucalyptus eudesmioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Philip A. Clarke (2012). Australian plants as Aboriginal Tools. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 9781922013576.
Chippendale, George M. (1973). Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service for the Minister for Primary Industry. ISBN 0642000646.
"Eucalyptus eudesmioides subsp. eudesmioides". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Chippendale, George M. "Eucalyptus eudesmioides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
"Eucalyptus eudesmoides". APNI. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 483.
"Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
"Eurardy Reserve". Bush Heritage Australia. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
"Eucalyptus eudesmioides subsp. Pallida". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
"Eucalyptus eudesmioides subsp. selachiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2019.