Eucalyptus nutans F.Muell. (1863:152)
Red-flowered moort
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. in Fl. Austral. 3: 235 (1867)
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: December 1862 (Chippendale, 1988:219 [as December 1862]; McQuoid & Hopper, 2007 [as 1862])
Rediscovered in: 1973 (collection); 2003 or later (recognition) (both McQuoid & Hopper, 2007)
This species was previously thought to be widespread, and has been confused with both E. platypus and E. cernua, before rediscovery of the species' true identity (McQuoid & Hopper, 2007). Including having been unknowingly planted in Kings Park and Botanic Gardens (in the parkland of the LotteryWest Family Area at Hale Oval) from seed collected by Herbert Demarz in 1973 and 1979 (Ibid.).
Distribution
Western Australia (southwest), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mueller F von. Fragm. (1863) 3:152.
Other references:
Chippendale, G. M. (1988). Eucalyptus, pp. 1-448 [219]. In: George, Alexander S. (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. xvi + 542 pp.
Fensham, R. J. et al. (2020). Rarity or decline: Key concepts for the Red List of Australian eucalypts. Biological Conservation 243: 108455. [Abstract]
French, Malcolm and Nicolle, Dean. (2019). Eucalypts of Western Australia: the Southwest Coast and ranges: 1-333. Malcolm French & Dean Nicolle.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B. K., Landrum, L. L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. et al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
McQuoid, N. K. and Hopper, Stephen D. (2007). The rediscovery of Eucalyptus nutans F. Muell. from the South Coast of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 90(1): 41-45.