RE: Lophostemon (syn. Tristania)
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: RE: Lophostemon (syn. Tristania)
- From: "* R* <r*@agric.wa.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 07:41:53 +0800
Yep I think thats it Deborah!
just looked at a pic in the latest Botanica
ta, rod
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Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
"I weed..."
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> From: Deborah Lindsay
> Reply To: Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com
> Sent: Thursday, 8 April 1999 5:18 AM
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Lophostemon (syn. Tristania)
>
> On April 7 Beverly wrote:
>
> "I've been trying to remember where I can find the name of those
> Queensland Box trees which are so ubiquitous in Perth (having been
> planted to keep the unemployed busy during the Depression) but I don't
> think it was ever in Eucalyptus, though closely related."
>
> Could this be Lophostemon confertus (was Tristania conferta) common name
> here is
> Brisbane Box? It has a seed capsule much like the Eucs and peeling bark.
> It's
> often used in the frost free parts of the Bay Area as a street tree for
> broad
> avenues.
>
