Stirling Range National Park FloraSRNP Flora Index Anigozanthos rufus (Red Kangaroo Paw) Banksia aculeata (Prickly Banksia) Banksia baxteri (Baxter’s Banksia) Banksia coccinea (Scarlet Banksia) Banksia oreophila (Mountain Banksia) Banksia sphaerocarpa var sphaerocarpa (Fox Banksia) Conospermum caeruleum (Blue Brother) Callitris pyramidalis (Swamp Cypress) Conospermum caeruleum subsp. oblanceolatum Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer’s Mountain Bell) Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea) Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee) Eucalyptus macrandra (Long-flowered Marlock) Eucalyptus uncinata (Hook-leaved Mallee) Hakea cucullata (Hood Leaved Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hibbertia selkii Native Orchids
— see Eucalyptus Index
Eucalyptus preissiana, commonly known as the Bell-fruited Mallee, is a species of small tree or shrub (to 2.5 metres tall), with a cup-shaped, conical or bell-shaped fruit. The flower buds are in groups of three, producing yellow flowers. The leaves are elliptical to egg-shape or oblong. The shrub tree has a spreading habit and smooth bark, that is pale grey and brown. Forming a lignotuber.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Myrtales
- Family: Myrtaceae
- Genus: Eucalyptus
- Species: Eucalyptus preissiana
- Subspecies:
- Eucalyptus preissiana subsp. lobata Brooker & Slee
- Eucalyptus preissiana Schauer subsp. preissiana
Footnote & References
- Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee) © Terry Dunham
- Eucalyptus preissiana Schauer, Bell Mallee, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Eucalyptus preissiana
- Bell-fruited Mallee (Eucalyptus preissiana), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/630960-Eucalyptus-preissiana
- Eucalyptus preissiana Schauer, Bell-fruited Mallee, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5751
Stirling Range National Park FloraSRNP Flora Index Anigozanthos rufus (Red Kangaroo Paw) Banksia aculeata (Prickly Banksia) Banksia baxteri (Baxter’s Banksia) Banksia coccinea (Scarlet Banksia) Banksia oreophila (Mountain Banksia) Banksia sphaerocarpa var sphaerocarpa (Fox Banksia) Conospermum caeruleum (Blue Brother) Callitris pyramidalis (Swamp Cypress) Conospermum caeruleum subsp. oblanceolatum Darwinia wittwerorum (Wittwer’s Mountain Bell) Daviesia oppositifolia (Rattle-pea) Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee) Eucalyptus macrandra (Long-flowered Marlock) Eucalyptus uncinata (Hook-leaved Mallee) Hakea cucullata (Hood Leaved Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hibbertia selkii Native Orchids
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