Eucalyptus may look ancient, but they took over Australia in a surprisingly short period of time. Here's how they became an evolutionary success story.
all different shapes and sizes dominate Australia's landscape, from the alps to the arid interior, and from Tasmania to the tropics.Dr Nicolle has now planted about 95 per cent of all eucalypt species — even the cool-climate snow gum — on his property at Currency Creek in the rain shadow of the Mt Lofty Ranges."It's one of those eucalypts that people don't think of when they hear the name gum tree or eucalypt," he says.
He used the term "eucalyptus" to describe the hard-covered flower buds of a plant collected from Bruny Island on James Cook's third voyage, and called the new speciesbulk of species we see today, was the first of the three main groups botanists used to describe eucalypts based on the shape of their flowers and fruits.
Ghost gum is the common name for a range of Corymbia species that grow in Central and Western Australia.
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