''Corymbia trachyphloia'', commonly known as brown bloodwood, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...

to eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk, often also on the larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and urn-shaped fruit.

Description

''Corymbia trachyphloia'' 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 response t ...

. It has rough, brown and greyish bark on the trunk, often also on the larger branches. Young plants and

coppice Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repea ...

regrowth have lance-shaped, glossy green leaves that are paler on the lower surface, long, wide and petiolate, the petiole is attached to the underside of the leaf blade. Adult leaves are usually glossy dark green, paler on the lower surface, narrow lance-shaped to lance-shaped, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long, The flower buds are arranged on a branched

peduncle Peduncle may refer to: *Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed *Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body **Peduncle (art ...

long, each branch of the peduncle with seven buds on

pedicels In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''. Description Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...

long. Mature buds are pear-shaped, long and wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering occurs from December to June and the flowers are white. The fruit is a thin-walled, urn-shaped capsule long and wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.

Taxonomy and naming

The brown bloodwood was first formally described in 1859 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...

who gave it the name ''Eucalyptus trachyphloia'' and published the description in the '' Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany'' from specimens collected near the

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta ...

. In 1995, Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to ''Corymbia trachyphloia'', publishing the change in the journal '' Telopea''.

Distribution and habitat

''Corymbia trachyphloia'' usually grows in sandy soils on plains and sandstone outcrops from the

Goulburn River The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victo ...

in New South Wales and north to the

Blackdown Tableland Blackdown or Black Down may refer to: Places Australia * Blackdown, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region *Blackdown Tableland National Park in Queensland. Canada *Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, a Canadian Cadet training c ...

Carnarvon Range The Carnarvon Range is a mountain range in Central Queensland, Australia. It is a plateau section of the Great Dividing Range. The Carnarvon Range is 160 km in length. Geography North eastern parts of the range have formed a plateau kn ...

and Atherton Tableland in Queensland.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4678429 trachyphloia Myrtales of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1859 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller

Description

Taxonomy and naming

Distribution and habitat

See also

References