Eucalyptus taurina

Eucalyptus taurina is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, dark grey to black ironbark on the trunk, sometimes also the larger branches, and smooth bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are square in cross-section and lance shaped leaves that are much paler on the lower surface, long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in the ends of branchlets in groups of seven on a branching peduncle long, the individual buds sessile or on pedicels up to long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped or cylindrical, long and wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering has been observed in October and November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody conical to hemispherical capsule long and wide with the valves protruding. ==Taxonomy and naming==

Eucalyptus taurina was first described in 1994 by Anthony Bean and Ian Brooker in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens they collected near Helidon in 1990. The specific epithet (taurina) is from the Latin word taurinus meaning "of bulls", an allusion to the author's experience when first seeing this species. ==Distribution and habitat==

Helidon ironbark is found in two separate areas, one north of Helidon and the other near Crows Nest. It grows with other eucalypt species on ridges in shallow soil. ==Conservation status==

''Eucalyptus taurina is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992. ==See also==