Eucalyptus beyeriana

Eucalyptus beyeriana is a tree, usually of low stature, that grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, dark grey to black "ironbark" on its trunk and branches. The leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are lance-shaped, long, wide and have a petiole. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, long, wide on a petiole long and the same dull green on both sides. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a peduncle long, the individual buds on a pedicel long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, long, wide with a conical to rounded operculum that is narrower than the floral cup. Flowering occurs between August and November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, conical or flattened spherical capsule long and wide on a pedicel long. ==Taxonomy and naming==

Eucalyptus beyeriana was first formally described in 1990 by Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill from a specimen collected near Wallacia. The description was published in the journal Telopea. Johnson and Hill considered that the species had been mistaken for E. beyeri, and that the type specimen of E. beyeri was a hybrid, with anthers intermediate between E. beyeriana and E. crebra, hence required a new name. Eucalyptus beyeri is now known as Eucalyptus × beyeri. Ian Brooker disputes this interpretation and continues to use the name E. beyeri. ==Distribution and habitat==

Beyer's ironbark grows in woodland in infertile soil from Narrabri to Nowra. ==References==