Taxon: Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm.

Genus:

Eucalyptus

Subgenus:

Symphyomyrtus

Section:

Exsertaria

Family:

Myrtaceae

Subfamily:

Myrtoideae

Tribe:

Eucalypteae

Nomen number:

16042

Place of publication:

Spec. bot. New Holland 41. 1795

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

27-Oct-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 27-Oct-2009

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Eucalyptus populifolia Desf.
(=) Eucalyptus umbellata (Gaertn.) Domin
(=) Leptospermum umbellatum Gaertn.

Common names:

bastard-box (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
blue gum (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
flooded gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
forest red gum (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
grey gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
mountain gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
Queensland blue gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
red gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
red ironbark (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
red irongum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
slaty gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
stinking gum (Source: Websters Dict) - English
xi ye an (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Bee plants: honey production (major source of pollen and nectar)
Materials: chemicals (for oxalic acid)
Materials: wood (timber)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland (e.), Victoria (e.)]

References:

Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants (Pl Res SEAs) 11:137-140.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
George, A. S., ed. 1988. Flora of Australia. (F Aust) 19:324.
Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist of Myrtaceae. 2008 (L Myrtaceae)
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
Luna, R. K. Plantation trees. (Plantation Trees)
Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):210.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16042. Accessed 24 April 2018.