Corymbia rhodops, commonly known as red-throated bloodwood,[3] is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers with a red centre, and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.
| Red-throated bloodwood | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Corymbia |
| Species: | C. rhodops
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| Binomial name | |
| Corymbia rhodops | |
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Eucalyptus rhodops D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr | |
Description
editCorymbia rhodops is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 metres (49 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has red-brown to grey-brown tessellated bark on the trunk and larger branches. Branches thinner than about 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) are smooth-barked. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves that are glossy green above, paler below, elliptical to lance-shaped, 55–120 mm (2.2–4.7 in) long and 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, glossy green but paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped, 80–152 mm (3.1–6.0 in) long and 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) long. The flowers are borne on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle 4–25 mm (0.16–0.98 in) long, each branch of the peduncle with seven buds on pedicels 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. Mature buds are pear-shaped to oval, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum with a small point in the centre. Flowering occurs from December to February and the flowers have creamy white stamens with a red centre. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped to barrel-shaped capsule 17–28 mm (0.67–1.10 in) long and 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.[4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming
editThe red-throated bloodwood was first formally described in 1987 by Denis John Carr and Stella Grace Maisie Carr who gave it the name Eucalyptus rhodops and published the description in their book Eucalyptus II - The rubber cuticle, and other studies of the Corymbosae. They collected the type specimens near Watsonville in 1975.[7] In 1995, Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to Corymbia rhodops, publishing the change in the journal Telopea.[5][8]
Distribution and habitat
editThis bloodwood is only known form a few small population on steep slopes on the western side of the Atherton Tableland and on the Windsor Tablelands.[4][5]
Conservation status
editCorymbia rhodops was listed as vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in 2008.[1] The plant has a limited range but the main identified threat to the tree is the destruction of habitat due to mining activity. It is also listed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[3][9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Department of the Environment (2020). "Corymbia rhodops". Species Profile and Threats Database. Canberra: Department of the Environment. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Corymbia rhodops". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Red-throated bloodwood – Corymbia rhodops". Wetlandinfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Corymbia rhodops". Euclis: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Hill, Kenneth D.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. (1995). "Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae)". Telopea. 6 (2–3): 276–277. doi:10.7751/telopea19953017.
- ^ "Corymbia rhodops (D.J. Carr & S.G.M. Carr) K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Telopea 6: 276 (1995)". Eucalink. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Eucalyptus rhodops". APNI. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Corymbia rhodops". APNI. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Approved Conservation Advice (s266B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) Approved Conservation Advice for Corymbia rhodops" (PDF). Department of the Environment. 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2016.