Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus L'Hér.

First published in Sert. Angl.: 18 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Philippines to Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, Sulawesi, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Gambia, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Sardegna, Senegal, Sicilia, Society Is., Spain, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019). Eucalypts of Western Australia : the Southwest Coast and ranges: 1-333. Malcolm French & Dean Nicolle.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nicolle, D. (2022). Classification of the Eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus) https://dn.com.au/Classification-of-the-Eucalypts.html.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sert. Angl.: 18 (1788).

Flora of Somalia

  • Fl. of Australia 19: 1–448 (1988).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chippendale, Fl. Austral. 19: 1–448 (1988)
  • Sert. Angl.: 18 (1788)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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