Eucalyptus perriniana

Eucalyptus perriniana, commonly known as spinning gum, is a tree or mallee which is native to New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.[2] Spinning gum is a sub-alpine species and grows in areas which are normally snow covered for several months in winter. However domestic cultivars can grow in almost any temperate climate.

Spinning gum
Mature E. perriniana in Kew Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. perriniana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus perriniana
flower buds

Description

Eucalyptus perriniana is a tree which sometimes grows to a height of 20 m (70 ft) or a mallee with smooth, copper-coloured bark which often turns white, grey or greenish as it ages before being shed in short ribbons each year. Its adult leaves are lance-shaped, greyish-green, 80–120 mm (3–5 in) long and 12–25 mm (0.5–1 in) wide. The juvenile leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, more or less round and lack a peduncle. The flowers are arranged in groups of three and the flower buds are 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) in diameter. The flower caps are cone-shaped or hemispherical and the fruit is 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

Eucalyptus perriniana was first formally described in 1894 by Leonard Rodway from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller. Rodway's description was published in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.[6][7] Rodway did not give a reason for the specific epithet (perriniana) but George Samuel Perrin was Conservator of Forests in Tasmania in 1886 and 1887 before being appointed Conservator of Forest in Victoria in 1888.[8]

Distribution and habitat

Spinning gum grows in woodland on high, cold plains in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.[2][3][4]

Conservation

This eucalypt is listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. Only about one thousand individual plants are known from that state.[4]

Uses

Catechin-7-O-glucoside and catechin-5-O-glucoside can be produced by biotransformation of (+)-catechin by cultured cells of E. perriniana.[9]

See also
  • foliage and flowers
  • mature leaves and buds
  • mature fruit
  • juvenile foliage and trunk

References
  1. "Eucalyptus perriniana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. Hill, K. "Eucalyptus perriniana F.Muell. ex Rodway". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  3. "Eucalyptus perriniana". Royal botanic Gardens Melbourne. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. "Eucalyptus perriniana". Tasmanian Government Department of Parks, Industry, Parks, Water and Environment. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Eucalyptus perriniana". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. "Eucalyptus perriniana". APNI. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. Rodway, Leonard (1893). "Botanical Notes" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 181–182. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. "Perrin, George Samuel (1849-1900)". Council of the Heads of Australian Herbaria. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  9. Biotransformation of (+)-catechin by plant cultured cells of Eucalyptus perriniana. Otani S, Kondo Y, Asada Y, Furuya, Hamada, Nakajima, Ishihara and Hamada H, Plant Biotechnol., 2004, Vol. 21, No. 5, pages 407-409 (abstract Archived 2009-07-22 at the Wayback Machine)
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