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Blue gumis a common name forsubspeciesor thespeciesinEucalyptus globuluscomplex, and also a number of other species ofEucalyptusinAustralia.InQueensland,it usually refers toEucalyptus tereticornis,which is known elsewhere as forest red gum.
E. globulus
edit- Tasmanian blue gum:Eucalyptus globulus(syn.E. globulussubsp.globulus)
- Gippsland blue gum:Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus(syn.E. globulussubsp.pseudoglobulus)
- Spotted blue gum:Eucalyptus maidenii(syn.E. globulussubsp.maidenii)
- Southern blue gum:Eucalyptus bicostata(syn. Victorian blue gum orE. globulussubsp.bicostata)
OtherEucalyptusspp.
edit- Inland blue gum:E. leucoxylon
- Large-fruited blue gum:E. leucoxylon
- Mountain blue gum:E. cypellocarpa,E. deanei
- Round-leaved blue gum:E. deanei
- South Australian blue gum:E. leucoxylon
- Sydney blue gum:E. saligna
- Other species, such as shining gum (E. nitens),and the Sydney blue gum (E. notabilis), are sometimes regarded as blue gums
- Historically, theDictionary of Australian Wordsalso mentionsE. botryoides,E. diversicolor,E. goniocalyxandE. viminalis(the famous "manna gum" ) in its list of "blue gum" species.[1]
References
edit- ^Edward A. Morris (1898).Dictionary of Australian Words, orig. Austral English.
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