Source:
Centre for Plant and Biodiversity Research, 2006, EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database], National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov
Eucalyptus crenulata
Blakely& Beuzev., Contr. New South Wales Natl Herb. 1: 37 (1939).
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae, Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Maidenaria
Common Name: Victorian silver gum, Buxton gum, Silver gum
Distribution: Rare, found in small area north & south of Dividing Range north-east of Melbourne. The specimen featured, appears a cultivated tree located at Mountain River, Tasmania, photo taken 28.5.09.
General Information:
Eucalyptus crenulata is listed as "Endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Tree: To approximately 12 m high, forms lignotuber
Leaves: Heart-shaped, sessile, crenulate, glaucous, island oil glands. Leaves eventually mature to be deep glossy green above,lighter on the underside.
Bark: Rough on trunk, brownish-grey, stems warty and either glaucous or non-glaucous
Fruit: 5mm wide x 5mm long, pedicellate to 3mm, glaucous or non-glaucous, disc desending, valves 3 or 4.
Inflorescenses: auxillary, unbranched, peduncles to 0.8 cm long; buds in 7, 9 or 11 per umbel, pedicels warty, glaucous 0.1–0.4 cm long.
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