Eucalyptus botryoides Sm.

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2024, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 17, Willdenowia 54 (1), pp. 5-45 : 25

Eucalyptus botryoides Sm.

– Fig. 12A, B.

A Tn: Tunisia: Jendouba, Aïn Draham, road from Babouch toward Tabarka , 36°48'46"N, 08°40'43"E, 485 m, escaped on roadsides, 15 Oct 2022, El Mokni (herb. Univ. Monastir).

– Aiming at updating the list of alien Myrtaceae in Tunisia (see, e.g., El Mokni 2021), Eucalyptus botryoides is reported here from the Kroumirian mixed oak forest in NW Tunisia as a casual alien species new for the adventitious flora of Tunisia and Africa (see APD 2023). The species is native to SE Australia (Victoria, New South Wales); in the Mediterranean region , it is reported as a casual alien only in Italy, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta, and as cultivated in Portugal ( Raab-Straube 2022 +). R. El Mokni

Figures

Fig. 12.Alien Eucalyptus species in Tunisia – A, B: E. botryoides; A: flaky-fibrous grey bark; B: cylindric fruits. – C–E: E. cylindrocarpa; C: basal part of planted individual with flaky bark and two juvenile individuals of different age; D: cylindric buds with conic operculum; E: flowers and ovoid fruits. – F, G: E. gomphocephala; F: subfibrous fissured bark; G: cylindric to ovoid fruits. – A, B: Tunisia, Jendouba,Aïn Draham, Babouch to Tabarka, 15 Oct 2022; C–E: ibid., Monastir, Jemmal to Touza, 20 Sep 2022; F, G: ibid., Bizerta, Sidi Salem to Nadhour, 1 Oct 2022, photographs by R. El Mokni.