Eucalyptus nutans
| Red-flowered moort | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. nutans |
| Binomial name | |
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Eucalyptus nutans F.Muell. |
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Eucalyptus nutans, commonly known as red-flowered moort, is a mallee tree that is native to a small area along the south coast of Western Australia.
The mallet tree typically grows to a height of 4 metres (13 ft) and has smooth grey bark and glossy dark green leaves. It is found in broad depressions in a couple of areas along the south coast in the Great Southern region between Albany and Jerramungup where it grows in grey clay soils.
The species was first described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from samples that George Maxwell had collected near Bremer Bay. Around a century and a half later, Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper published the names Eucalyptus platypus subsp. congregata, E.cernua and E. vesiculosa in 2002 which were al previously thought to be E. nutans.
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