Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm.

First published in Spec. Bot. New Holland 4: 41 (1795)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea to E. & SE. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, California, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Chippendale in Fl. Austral. 19: 324, fig. 91/e–f (1988).
  • Dale, Introd. Trees Uganda: 40 (1953).
  • F. White in Flora Zambesiaca 4: 210, t. 47/a (1978).
  • Friis in Fl. Eth. 2 (2): 97, fig. 72.7/1–2 (1996).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 372 (1949).
  • Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 1: 41 (1795).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 13, 1973 s.coll. [94] Australia K000279669 Type Yes
Feb 2, 1973 Cunningham, A. [63] Australia K000279668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blake, S.T. [12675] Australia K004418432 Yes
Smith, G.P. [3] Australia K004418493 Yes
Durrington, L. [124] Australia K004418460 Yes
Smith, L.S. [11365] Australia K004418480 Yes
Coveny, R.; Bishop, W.; Goodwin, S. [11949] Australia K004418514 Yes
Johnson, L.A.S.; Briggs, B.G. [7143] Australia K004418451 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2710] Australia K004418438 Yes
Speck, N.H. [1738] Australia K004418426 Yes
Baker, R.T.; Smith, H.G. [36] Australia K004418499 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2726] Australia K004418437 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K004418407 Yes
Cunningham, A. [194] Australia K000279667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Messmer, P.R. [20261] Australia K004418435 Yes
Blaxell, D.; Coveny, R. [579] Australia K004418449 Yes
Everist, S.L.; Henderson, R.J. [s.n.] Australia K004418420 Yes
McDonald, T.J. [452] Australia K004418462 Yes
Speck, N.H. [4600] Australia K004418416 Yes
Mrs. C. Clarke [s.n.] Australia K004418443 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2900] Australia K004418475 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K004418511 Yes
MacArthur, W. [92] Australia K004418518 Yes
Pedley, L. [04053] Australia K004418467 Yes
Story; Yapp [312] Australia K004418417 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18455] Australia K004418464 Yes
Cunningham, A. [150] Australia K000279664 Type Yes
Adams, L.G. [1992] Australia K004418498 Yes
Story, R. [7378] Australia K004418495 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3820] Australia K004418473 Yes
Lazarides, M. [5702] Australia K004418415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K004418510 Yes
Cunningham, A. [193] Australia K004418507 Yes
Blake, S.T. [20509] Australia K004418428 Yes
[E.C.F.] [s.n.] K004418502 Yes
Everist, S.L. [s.n.] Australia K004418424 Yes
Adam, J.G. [600] Senegal K001906409 Yes
Chevalier, A. [29798] Senegal K001634315 Yes
Simaga, J.M. [849] Papua New Guinea K001625201 Yes
Adam, J.G. [9468] Senegal K001614015 Yes
Kajewski, S.F. [1061] Australia K004418441 Yes
Moore, K.M. [12] Australia K004418477 Yes
Durrington, L. [143] Australia K004418459 Yes
Chippendale, G.; Brennan, M.J. [GC1130] Australia K004418411 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3530] Australia K004418472 Yes
Story; Yapp [46] South Africa K004418455 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K004418423 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [5540] Australia K004418431 Yes
Walker [ANU319] Australia K004418418 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] K004418466 Yes
Johnson, R.W. [400] Australia K004418471 Yes
Francis, W.D. [21] Australia K004418486 Yes
Story, R. [7252] Australia K004418501 Yes
Hadley, V. [3014] Australia K004418457 Yes
Woolls, W. [s.n.] Australia K004418517 Yes
Crisp, M.D. [2824] Australia K004418465 Yes
Brooker, M.I.H. [4118] Australia K004418413 Yes
s.coll. [52] K004418503 Yes
Gillieatt, J. [298] Australia K004418419 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K004418485 Yes
Rodd, A.; Coveny, R. [291] Australia K004418450 Yes
Coveny, R.; Goodwin, S. [11867] Australia K004418516 Yes
Story, R. [6980] Australia K004418500 Yes
Bailey, F.M. [s.n.] Australia K004418488 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K004418506 Yes
Cheel, E. [s.n.] K004418456 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K004418470 Yes
Chippendale, G.; Brennan, M.J. [GC1132] Australia K004418412 Yes
Durrington, L. [119] Australia K004418439 Yes
Adams, L.G. [1850] Australia K004418523 Yes
s.coll. [65] Australia K004418513 Yes
Boorman, J.L. [5598] Australia K004418454 Yes
Boyland, D.E. [785] Australia K004418479 Yes
Francis, W.D. [21] Australia K004418487 Yes
Blake, S.T. [19174] Australia K004418430 Yes
Coveny, R.; Dunn, C.; Plat, J. [12556] K004418505 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5008] Australia K004418463 Yes
Kleinschmidt, G. [s.n.] Australia K004418461 Yes
Moore, K.M. [12] Australia K004418476 Yes
Adams, L.G. [1992] Australia K004418497 Yes
Smith, G.P. [23] Australia K004418494 Yes
Constable, E.F. [5647] K004418453 Yes
Story, R. [7385] Australia K004418496 Yes
Cribb, A.A. [s.n.] Australia K004418421 Yes
Melville, R.; Johnson, L.A.S. [618] Australia K004418522 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] K004418468 Yes
Johnson, R.W.; Everist, S.L. [RWJ2447] Australia K004418410 Yes
Blake, S.T. [12675] Australia K004418434 Yes
[Barhurson] [10] Australia K004418519 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K004418422 Yes
Story, R. [7883] Australia K004418521 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K004418408 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K004418425 Yes
Coveny, R.; Goodwin, S. [11867] Australia K004418515 Yes
Story, R. [6564] Australia K004418512 Yes
Boyland, D.E. [793] Australia K004418478 Yes
Cunningham, A. [189] Australia K004418508 Yes
Cunningham, A. [150] Australia K000279665 Type Yes
Messmer, P.R. [20234] Australia K004418436 Yes
Chippendale, G.; Brennan, M.J. [GC1135] Australia K004418414 Yes
White, C.T. [6766] Australia K004418442 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004418509 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2955] Australia K004418427 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K004418409 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] K004418504 Yes
Story, R. [7884] Australia K004418520 Yes
Kleinschmidt, G. [s.n.] Australia K004418444 Yes
Speck, N.H. [1862] Australia K004418445 Yes
Blake, S.T. [20509] Australia K004418429 Yes
Liu, Z.Y. [15422] China K004416428 Yes
Everist, S.L. [7133] Australia K004418482 Yes
[Dr. Mueller] [s.n.] Australia K004418484 Yes
Lazarides; Story [[12]] Australia K004418446 Yes
Cunningham, A. [150] Australia K000279666 Isotype Yes
Blake, S.T. [12675] Australia K004418433 Yes
Johnson, L.A.S. [s.n.] Australia K004418481 Yes
Blake, S.T. [21258] Australia K004418452 Yes
Everist, S.L. [[6146]] Australia K004418469 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5159] Australia K004418474 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K004418440 Yes
White, C.T. [6778] Australia K004418483 Yes

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