Smaller & Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia

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Eucalypts for Planting in Australia

(Dean Nicolle 2016)

Smaller & Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia Book

Updates since publication (to 15^th February 2024)

General

All the eucalypts are now included in genus Eucalyptus, with Angophora and Corymbia now included in Eucalyptus. Some of the rationale for this change is provided in Nicolle (2024).

Smaller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia

Updated names

Corymbia dunlopiana (p. 78):
Now known as Eucalyptus dunlopiana (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia ficifolia (p. 86):
Now known as Eucalyptus ficifolia (Nicolle 2024).

Angophora hispida (p. 102):
Now known as Eucalyptus hispida (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus 'lunata' (p. 116):
Now formally named as Eucalyptus lunata (Nicolle & French 2021).

Corymbia peltata (p. 128):
Now known as Eucalyptus peltata (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus pluricaulis (p. 140):
Subsp. pluricaulis now known as Eucalyptus redunca subsp. pluricaulis. Subsp. porphyrea now known as Eucalyptus redunca subsp. porphyrea (Nicolle & French 2019).

Corymbia ptychocarpa (p. 146):
Now known as Eucalyptus ptychocarpa (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus verrucata (p. 188):Now known as Eucalyptus serraensis subsp. verrucata. (Nicolle 2022).

Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia

Updated names

Corymbia aparrerinja (p. 38):
Now known as Eucalyptus aparrerinja (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia calophylla (p. 54):
Now known as Eucalyptus calophylla (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia citriodora (p. 64):
Now known as Eucalyptus citriodora (Nicolle 2024).

Angophora costata (p. 74):
Now known as Eucalyptus apocynifolia (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia eximia (p. 86):
Now known as Eucalyptus eximia (Nicolle 2024).

Angophora floribunda (p. 88):
Now known as Eucalyptus florida (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus gardneri (p. 90):
Subsp. ravensthorpensis now recognised at species status as Eucalyptus ravensthorpensis (Gosper et al. 2019).

Corymbia gummifera (p. 100):
Now known as Eucalyptus gummifera (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia maculata (p. 118):
Now known as Eucalyptus maculata (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus petiolaris (p. 146):
Now recognised at subspecies status as Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. petiolaris (Nicolle 2024).

Eucalyptus populnea (p. 154):
Subspecies no longer recognised (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia tessellaris (p. 188):
Now known as Eucalyptus tessellaris (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia torelliana (p. 192):
Now known as Eucalyptus torelliana (Nicolle 2024).

Corymbia variegata (p. 196):
Now known as Eucalyptus variegata (Nicolle 2024).

References

Gosper CR, Hopley T, Byrne M, Hopper SD, Prober SM and Yates CJ (2019). Elevation of Eucalyptus gardneri subsp. ravensthorpensis, and notes on relationships between obligate-seeder and resprouter members of subseries Levispermae (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 30: 247-252.

Nicolle D (2022). Native Eucalypts of Victoria and Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. D Nicolle, Adelaide.

Nicolle D (2024). Classification of the eucalypts, genus Eucalyptus. Version 7. Link

Nicolle D and French ME (2019). Validation of four new combinations in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from south-western Western Australia. Swainsona 33: 9-10.

Nicolle D and French ME (2021). A taxonomic revision of the semi-cryptic narrow-leaved mallees (Eucalyptus series Porantherae, Myrtaceae) from southern Australia. Swainsona 35: 73-152.