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Phenetic variation within Eucalyptus barberi L. Johnson & Blaxell was examined and compared to related Tasmanian species. "Typical" northern populations were morphologically distinct from the more diverse group of populations to the south. This phenetic disjunction did not correspond to the major geographic disjunction in the range of E. barberi. Derailed study of two morphologically aberrant populations indicated that they probably arose from in situ hybridisation; however, the exact identities of the progenitor species remains unclear. The type locality and several of the "southern" populations, as well as aberrant populations at Meredith Tier and Ponybottom Creek, deserve formal conservation.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Eucalyptus barberi, genetic variation, hybridisation, rare endemic, conservation, Tasmania
Research Division:	Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Research Group:	Forestry sciences
Research Field:	Tree improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Objective Division:	Plant Production and Plant Primary Products
Objective Group:	Forestry
Objective Field:	Forestry not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	McEntee, AC (Miss Anne McEntee)
UTAS Author:	Potts, BM (Professor Brad Potts)
UTAS Author:	Reid, JB (Professor Jim Reid)
ID Code:	87342
Year Published:	1994
Deposited By:	Plant Science
Deposited On:	2013-11-13
Last Modified:	2013-12-05
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