Eucalyptus cladocalyx 3395338 220038495 2008-06-18T00:14:30Z Jaguarlaser 3680302 link in Spanish language {{Taxobox | name = ''Sugar gum'' | image = Eucalyptus cladocalyx.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Myrtaceae]] | genus = ''[[Eucalyptus]]'' | species = '''''E. cladocalyx''''' | binomial = ''Eucalyptus cladocalyx'' | binomial_authority = [[F. Muell.]] }} [[Image:E. cladocalyx.JPG|left|thumb|''E. cladocalyx'', field distribution]] The '''Sugar Gum''' (''Eucalyptus cladocalyx'') is a [[Eucalyptus|eucalypt]] from [[South Australia]]. It is found naturally in three distinct populations - in the [[Flinders Ranges]], [[Eyre Peninsula]] and on [[Kangaroo Island]]. Sugar Gums from the Flinders Ranges reach up to 35m in height and have the classic "gum" habit - with a straight trunk and steep branches occurring about half way up. Each main branch ends with its own little canopy. These are commonly cultivated as farm [[windbreak]]s and for timber. However, Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island trees are much shorter and often have crooked trunks. ''E. cladocalyx'' has no close known relatives within the ''[[Eucalyptus]]'' [[genus]]. It is notable for its mottled colourful yellow to orange bark, strongly discolourous leaves and inflorescences grouped on leafless branchlets inside the [[tree crown]]. The old [[bark]] is smooth and grey, shedding in irregular patches to expose the fresh yellowy-brown bark. Flowers are creamy-white in summer. The capsules are barrel to urn shaped. ==References== * Holliday, I. ''A field guide to Australian trees (3rd edition)'', Reed New Holland, 2002 * Cronin, L. ''Key Guide to Australian Trees'', Envirobook, 2000 * [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/summer-scholarship/2001-projects/rawlings-mathew.html Rawlings, M. ''Regional allozyme divergence in Sugar Gum, Eucalyptus cladocalyx'', 2005, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research] {{DEFAULTSORT:Eucalyptus cladocalyx}} [[Category:Trees of Australia]] [[Category:Trees of Mediterranean climate]] [[Category:Eucalyptus|Cladocalyx]] [[Category:Flora of South Australia]] [[Category:Myrtales of Australia]] {{Myrtaceae-stub}} {{tree-stub}} [[es:Eucalyptus cladocalyx]]