''Angophora bakeri'' subsp. ''bakeri'', commonly known as narrow-leaved apple, is a small to medium-sized tree that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to New South Wales. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white or creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Description

''Angophora bakeri'' subsp. ''bakeri'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a

lignotuber A lignotuber is a woody swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem, such as by fire. Other woody plants may develop basal burls as a similar survival strategy, often as a respons ...

. It has rough, grey, softly fibrous bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and

coppice Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a tree stump, stump, which in many species encourages new Shoot (botany), shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree. A forest ...

regrowth have narrow lance-shaped to linear leaves that are long, wideand arranged in opposite pairs. Adult leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, thin and flexible, glossy green, a dull pale green on the lower surface, narrow lance-shaped to linear or curved, long and wide, tapering to a

petiole Petiole may refer to: *Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem *Petiole (insect anatomy) In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and ...

long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of three or seven on peduncles long, the individual buds on

pedicels In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branch ...

long. Mature buds are globe-shaped, long and wide with longitudinal ribs. The

petal Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corol ...

s are white with a green keel and about long and wide. Flowering occurs from December to February. The fruit is a cup-shaped to barrel-shaped capsule long and wide with longitudinal ribs and with the valves enclosed in the fruit.

Taxonomy and naming

''Angophora bakeri'' was first formally described in 1913 by

Edwin Cuthbert Hall Edwin Cuthbert Hall (1874–1953) was an Australian physician and philanthropist who through a bequest funded the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology within the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney. In 1973, ...

and in 1986

Gregory John Leach Gregory John Leach (born 1952) is an Australian botanist. His botanical author abbreviation is G.J.Leach. He has worked particularly on Myrtaceae and Fabaceae and collected extensively in the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea. From 1990 to ...

described two subspecies in the journal '' Telopea'', including the

autonym Autonym may refer to: * Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym * Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name See also * Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...

, subspecies ''bakeri''.

Distribution and habitat

This subspecies grows in sandy soil on sandstone is most common on the Central Coast of New South Wales, but there are disjunct populations north of

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and as far south as

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. There is also population, previously known as ''A. exul'', in the

Gibraltar Range National Park Gibraltar Range is a national park located in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi) northeast of Glen Innes and north of Sydney. The Park is part of the Washpool and Gibraltar Range area, which is ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q96372096 bakeri Flora of New South Wales Trees of Australia Plants described in 1913