Angophora woodsiana
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus = Angophora
|species = woodsiana
|image = Angophora woodsiana 7th Brigade Park Chermside P1020355.jpg
|authority = F.M.Bailey{{cite web |title=Angophora woodsiana |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/91935|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=10 March 2020}}
|synonyms =
- Angophora floribunda var. woodsiana (F.M.Bailey) Domin
- Angophora intermedia var. woodsiana (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey
- Angophora lanceolata var. woodsiana (F.M.Bailey) Maiden
- Eucalyptus woodsiana (F.M.Bailey) Brooker
|range_map = Angophora woodsiana DistMap.png
|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH
}}
Angophora woodsiana, commonly known as smudgee,{{cite web |last1=Chippendale |first1=George M. |title=Angophora woodsiana |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Angophora%20woodsiana |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=10 March 2020}} is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white or creamy white flowers and ribbed, cup-shaped fruit.
Description
Angophora woodsiana is a tree that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|20|m}} and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous grey or brownish bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves that are {{cvt|55-100|mm}} long and {{cvt|20-30|mm|1}} wide and arranged in opposite pairs. Adult leaves are also arranged in opposite pairs, glossy green but paler on the lower surface, lance-shaped or curved, {{cvt|75-170|mm}} long and {{cvt|17-45|mm|1}} wide, tapering to a petiole {{cvt|10-20|mm|1}} long. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle {{cvt|9-32|mm|1}} long, each branch of the peduncle with three or seven buds on pedicels {{cvt|10-18|mm|1}} long. Mature buds are globe-shaped, {{cvt|6-7|mm}} long and wide with a ribbed floral cup. The petals are white or creamy white with a green keel, {{cvt|3-4|mm}} long and wide. Flowering occurs in December and January and the fruit is a cup-shaped capsule {{cvt|10-15|mm|1}} long and wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.{{cite web |title=Angophora woodsiana |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/angophora_woodsiana.htm |publisher=Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research |accessdate=5 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Ken |title=Angophora woodsiana |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Angophora~woodsiana |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=10 March 2020}}
Taxonomy and naming
Angophora woodsiana was first formally described in 1881 by Frederick Manson Bailey in the journal Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. The specific epithet (woodsiana) honours "the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., President of the Linnean Society, New South Wales".{{cite web|title=Angophora woodsiana|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/514312|publisher=APNI|accessdate=10 March 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Frederick M. |title=On the flora of Stradbroke Island, with a description of new species |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1881 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=143–145 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22895#page/153/mode/1up |accessdate=10 March 2020}} Genetic analysis shows it to be closely related to broad-leaved sandstone apple (Angophora robur).{{cite journal |last1=Rutherford |first1=Susan |last2=Wan |first2=Justin S.H. |last3=Cohen |first3=Joel M. |last4=Benson |first4=Doug |last5=Rossetto |first5=Maurizio |title=Looks can be deceiving: speciation dynamics of co‐distributed Angophora (Myrtaceae) species in a varying landscape |journal=Evolution |date=February 2021 |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=310–329 |doi=10.1111/evo.14140}}
Distribution and habitat
Smudgee grows in sandy soil on sandstone hills in forest from Tin Can Bay in Queensland to Coffs Harbour in New South Wales and sporadically on the Darling Downs.
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as of "least concern" in Queensland under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.{{cite web |title=Species profile—Angophora woodsiana (smudgee) |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=18000 |publisher=Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science |accessdate=10 March 2020}}
Gallery
File:Angophora woodsiana buds and inflorescences 7th Brigade Park Chermside L1090305.jpg|Buds and inflorescences
File:Angophora woodsiana capsules and seeds 7th Brigade Park Chermside L1090829.jpg|Capsules, seeds and foliage