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Sm., Myrtaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Risk assessment results: Low risk (based on second screen), score: 3 (Go to the risk assessment)
Other Latin names: Eucalyptus multiflora Poir.
Common name(s): [more details]
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English: robust eucalyptus, swamp mahogany |
Habit: tree
Description: "Trees 20-30 m tall, bark reddish brown, rough, soft, spongy throughout. Adult leaves alternate, blades discolorous, broadly lanceolate, 10-16 cm long, 2.7-4.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, petioles 20-35 mm long. Flowers 9-15 in axillary, simple umbels, peduncles broadly flattened, 13-30 mm long, pedicels 1-9 mm long; buds rostrate or fusiform, 16-19 mm long, 6-8 mm wide; operculum conical, rostrate. Fruit cylindrical, 10-18 mm long, 6-11 mm wide, valves 3-4, included and coherent across orifice" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 957).
Habitat/ecology: In Hawaii, "planted, often as windbreaks...and regenerating from seed in and near these areas" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 957).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: "Native to coastal areas of southeastern Queensland to southern coast of New South Wales, Australia" (Wagner et al., 1999; p. 957).
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Raiatea (Havai) Island | Fosberg, F. R. (1997) (p. 81) | |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawaii (Big) Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Kauai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Lānai Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957)
Voucher cited: Munro 501 (BISH) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Lānai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Oppenheimer, Hank (2007) (p. 28)
Voucher cited: Oppenheimer & K.R. Wood H80621 (BISH, PTBG) Naturalized in most locations where previously planted. |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Maui Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Molokai Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Oahu Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago |
Île Grande Terre |
introduced
cultivated |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 105)
Vouchers cited: Veillon 1212, MacKee 40276 |
| Pacific Rim | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Australia
Australia (continental) |
New South Wales |
native
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Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
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Australia
Australia (continental) |
Queensland |
native
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Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 957) |
| Indian Ocean | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island |
La Réunion Island |
introduced
invasive |
Kueffer, C./Lavergne, C. (2004) (p. 5) |
| Also reported from | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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United States (continental except west coast and Florida)
United States (other states) |
USA (Florida) |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2009) |
Additional information:
Additional online information about Eucalyptus robusta is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Information about Eucalyptus robusta as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Taxonomic information about Eucalyptus robusta may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
Other Latin names: Eucalyptus multiflora Poir.
References:
Fosberg, F. R. 1997. Preliminary checklist of the flowering plants and ferns of the Society Islands. Ed. by David R. Stoddart. U. Cal. Berkeley.
Kueffer, C./Lavergne, C. 2004. Case studies on the status of invasive woody plant species in the western Indian Ocean. 4. R233;union. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Forestry Department, Forest Resources Division, Forest Resources Development Service, Working Paper FBS/4-4E. 37 pp.
MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.
Oppenheimer, Hank. 2007. New plant records from Molokai, Lānai, Maui, and Hawaii for 2006. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucias G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: Notes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96:17-34.
U. S. Government. 2009. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).
U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. 2009. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawaii Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).