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Eucalyptus Quadricostata
''Eucalyptus quadricostata'', commonly known as the square-fruited ironbark, is a species of small to medium-sized ironbark that is Endemism, endemic to Queensland. It has rough ironbark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit that are square in cross-section. Description ''Eucalyptus quadricostata'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has hard, rough, dark grey to black ironbark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have bluish grey to wikt:Glaucous#Adjective, glaucous, egg-shaped to almost round leaves that are long and wide and Petiole (botany), petiolate. Adult leaves are the same shade of dull green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Brooker
Murray Ian Hill Brooker AM (2 June 1934 – 25 June 2016), better known as Ian Brooker, was an Australian botanist. He was widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus ''Eucalyptus''. Ian Brooker was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 2 June 1934. He obtained a B.Ag.Sc. from the University of Adelaide, and a MSc and D.Sc. from the Australian National University in Canberra. He worked with the Soil Conservation Branch of the Department of Agriculture in South Australia from 1957 to 1963; then joined the Department of Botany at the Australian National University until 1969; and then spent a year with the Western Australian Herbarium. In 1970, Brooker joined the Forest Research Institute in Canberra, now part of CSIRO. His research since then has specialised in the genus ''Eucalyptus'', especially its taxonomy. He travelled widely throughout Australia collecting specimens, and published 100 research papers, 180 leaflets, and four books, and is the principal author o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
