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Round leaf box
Eucalyptus baueriana, centre, background, Melbourne
Eucalyptus baueriana, centre, background, Melbourne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Myrtales are an order of Flowering plants placed as a basal group within the rosid group of Dicotyledons (not a member of eurosids I or eurosids II The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of Dicotyledon Plants placed within the order Myrtales. Eucalyptus (From Greek ευκάλυπτος meaning "well covered" is a diverse Genus of Trees (and a few shrubs the members of which baueriana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus baueriana
E. baueriana, field distribution
E. baueriana, field distribution

Eucalyptus baueriana, Round Leaf box, is a small to medium sized tree with rough and persistent bark on the trunk and branches, fibrous, flaky, light grey, with paler, almost white patches.

Adult leaves are stalked, round to broadly-ovate, undulate, to 10 x 7. 5 cm, light green and thin, Trees are usually mature in the juvenile leaf phase.

White flowers appear in late spring and early summer.

Distribution is from coastal eastern Victoria (with a few inland occurrences) from around Bairnsdale, extending northeast into New South Wales to north of Sydney. Bairnsdale ( is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11282 it is a major regional centre Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 [1]

References

  1. ^ Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D. , Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification, Reed Books, Melbourne, 1996

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