The Eucalypts
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A Web Guide to the Eucalypts
Angophora floribunda
- Angophora floribunda
(Sm.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2 209 (1830).
- Metrosideros floribunda Sm.,
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 267 (1797).
- TYPE: New South Wales, Port Jackson, J. White, 1795 (holo LINN, Herb. Smith 877.7). No type cited.
- Angophora intermedia DC.,
Prodr. 3: 222 (1828).
- TYPE: New Holland, per A.B. Lambert, 1816 (holo G-DC).
Habit: Tree.
Bark: Bark persistent throughout, shortly fibrous ("peppermint"), grey
or pale brown. Cotyledons suborbicular.
Leaves: Juvenile leaves opposite, hispid with simple hairs and bristle
glands, sessile. Intermediate leaves opposite, straight, entire, dull green.
Adult leaves opposite. Lateral veins obtuse, closely spaced.
Inflorescences: Conflorescence compound, terminal.
Flowers: Calyx reduced to 4 teeth on hypanthium. Flowers cream.
Fruits: Fruits pedicellate. Disc depressed. Valves enclosed. Seeds
regular and flattened, patelliform, smooth, semi-glossy, red. Chaff linear,
chaff same colour as seed.
 Occurrence: Widely scattered and locally abundant, usually on deep
alluvial sandy soils.
Distribution: S.A., or Qld, or N.S.W. N.S.W. regions North Coast, or
Central Coast, or South Coast, or Northern Tablelands, or Central Tablelands, or
North Western Slopes, or Central Western Slopes, or North Western Plains.
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Habit: Tree.
