Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus x forthiana Blakely
, legitimate, named hybrid
[Blakely, W.F. (8 August 1939), Additions to the Australian Myrtaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1)]:
37
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"N.S.W.;– Lower Monkerai P. Forth, and W.F. Blakely 22/3/1938, the type."
common name:
Monkerai Box
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"Named in honour of the discoverer, the late Mr. Percy Forth, Apiarist, Lower Monkerai. Mr. Forth was a keen tree observer and he possessed the natural gift of distinguishing the various species of Eucalypts in the field as accurately as a trained botanist."
[Pryor, L.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1971), A Classification of the Eucalypts]:
70
[secondary reference]
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Eucalyptus. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2]:
191
[secondary reference]
[Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19]:
432
APC
[secondary reference]
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APC Comment:
A putative hybrid involving Eucalyptus moluccana x E. siderophloia.
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Text:
"Reputed hybrid between E. moluccana and E. siderophloia, fide L.D.Pryor & L.A.S.Johnson, op. cit. 70 [i.e. L.D.Pryor & L.A.S.Johnson, A Classification of the Eucalypts: 70 (1971)]."