Eucalyptus tenuiramis
Silver Peppermint
Silver Peppermint
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Common name: Silver Peppermint
Conservation status: Near threatened
Etymology:
The name Eucalyptus is from the Ancient Greek words eu meaning 'good'and kalypto meaning '(I) cover, conceal, hide', referring to the operculum covering the flower buds
The specific epithet (tenuiramis) is from the Latin tenui- meaning "slender" or "thin" and ramus meaning "branch"
Flowers:
The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of nine to fifteen on an unbranched peduncle 4–12 mm long
The individual buds on pedicels 1–4 mm long
Mature buds are oval to club-shaped, 5–8 mm long and 3–4 mm wide
They have a conical or rounded operculum
Flowering occurs from November to February and the flowers are white.
Fruit:
The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, hemispherical or conical capsule
5–12 mm long and 6–11 mm wide with the valves near rim level
Leaves:
Young plants and coppice regrowth have sessile, egg-shaped leaves
These are 17–60 mm long, 10–38 mm wide and arranged in opposite pairs
Adult leaves are broadly lance-shaped to elliptical
They are 55–130 mm long and 10–25 mm wide
They taper to a petiole 7–12 mm long
Stem & branches:
It has smooth white to grey or yellowish bark
Roots:
Habit:
A small to medium-sized tree
It typically grows to a height of 25 m and forms a lignotuber
Habitat:
Open forest, often in pure stands, on lowlands and hills
Distribution:
Endemic to southeastern Tasmania
Especially in the Derwent River valley, but also on the Freycinet Peninsula and on Flinders Island
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
Eucalyptus tenuiramis was first formally described in 1856 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in the journal Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief
This eucalypt is reported as being an older form of its sister species, E. risdonii
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