Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Corymbia | |
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Corymbia xanthope, commonly known as Glen Geddes bloodwood, is a bloodwood native to Queensland
The tree typically grows to a height of 15 metres (49 ft) and has rough, flaky and tessellated bark almost throughout, the outer layers are grey-brown, that is yellowish where newly exposed. Smaller branches have smooth bark. The adult leaves are bright green on the upper surface and paler underneath with a lanceolate or sickle shape. The blade is 1.5 to 2.5 centimetres (0.59 to 0.98 in) wide. When the tree blooms it forms flowers are on long stalks in terminal clusters, with seven buds that are 7 to 8 mm (0.28 to 0.31 in) per umbel. Fruits form later that are egg shaped and 16 to 18 mm (0.63 to 0.71 in) long.
The species is found in woodland communities along with Eucalyptus fibrosa on ridges or slopes with sandy soils.
Classification
The species was first formally described as Eucalyptus xanthope by the botanists A.R. Bean and Ian Brooker in 1989 in the work Two New Species of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from Central Queensland. in the journal Austrobaileya. In 1995, it was reclassified into the Corymbia genera by Kenneth Hill and Lawrence Johnson along with over 100 other Eucalypts in the work Systematic studies in the eucalypts. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia in the journal Telopea.