Eucalypts
From Bushwalk Australia
List of Tasmanian indigenous Eucalyptus species (gum trees)
Derivation: Greek, eu, well and calyptos, covered, referring to the cap (operculum) which covers the developing flowers of all Eucalyptus species.
List of species/subspecies of Eucalyptus native to Tasmania#, including endemic species (marked ε).
Scientific Name | Authority | Subgenus | Series | Group/Type | Common Name | Obsolete Name | Status * |
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E. amygdalina ε | Labill. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | black peppermint | E. salicifolia | |
E. archeri ε | Maiden & Blakely | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | Archer’s gum, alpine cider gum | ||
E. barberi ε | L.Johnson & Blaxell | Symphyomyrtus | Ovatae | Gum, Black | Barber’s gum | (r) | |
E. brookeriana | A.M.Gray | Symphyomyrtus | Ovatae | Gum, Black | Brooker’s gum | E. brookerana | |
E. coccifera ε | Hook.f. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | snow peppermint, Tasmanian snow gum | ||
E. cordata ε | Labill. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Blue | heart-leaved silver gum | ||
E. dalrympleana ssp. dalrympleana § | Maiden | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, White | mountain white gum | ||
E. delegatensis ssp. tasmaniensis ε | R.Baker subsp. Boland | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Ash, Blue | gum-topped stringybark, white-top | E. gigantea | |
E. globulus ssp. globulus | Labill. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Blue | Tasmanian blue gum | E. bicostata | |
E. gunnii ε | Hook.f. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | cider gum | ||
E. gunnii ssp. divaricata ε | McAulay & Brett | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | Miena cider gum | (e) EN | |
E. johnstonii ε | Maiden | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Yellow | yellow gum | ||
E. morrisbyi ε | Brett | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | Morrisby’s gum | (e) EN | |
E. nebulosa ε | A.M.Gray | Monocalyptus | Radiatae | Peppermint | Serpentine peppermint | (r) | |
E. nitida ε | Hook.f. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | Smithton peppermint | E. simmondsii | |
E. obliqua | L'Hérit. | Monocalyptus | Obliquae | Ash, Green | stringybark, brown-top | ||
E. ovata | Labill. | Symphyomyrtus | Ovatae | Gum, Black | swamp gum, black gum | ||
E. pauciflora ssp. pauciflora | Sieber ex Sprengel | Monocalyptus | Obliquae | Ash, Blue | cabbage ash, weeping ash | ||
E. perriniana | F.Muell. ex Rodway | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | spinning gum | (r) | |
E. pulchella ε | Desf. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | white peppermint | E. linearis | |
E. radiata aff. | Sieber ex DC. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | Forth peppermint, Forth river peppermint | E. robertsonii, Eucalyptus radiata subsp. robertsonii (Blakely) | (r) |
E. regnans | F.Muell. | Monocalyptus | Obliquae | Ash, Green | giant ash | ||
E. risdonii ε | Hook.f. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | Risdon peppermint | (r) | |
E. rodwayi ε | R.Baker & H.G.Smith | Symphyomyrtus | Ovatae | Gum, Black | black swamp gum | ||
E. rubida | Deane & Maiden | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, White | candlebark | ||
E. sieberi | L.Johnson | Monocalyptus | Obliquae | Ash, Blue | ironbark, black ash | E. sieberana | |
E. subcrenulata ε | Maiden & Blakely | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Yellow | alpine yellow gum | ||
E. tenuiramis ε | Miq. | Monocalyptus | Piperitae | Peppermint | silver peppermint | E. tasmanica | |
E. urnigera ε | Hook.f. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Alpine White | urn gum | ||
E. vernicosa ε | Hook.f. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, Yellow | varnished gum | ||
E. viminalis ssp. viminalis | Labill. | Symphyomyrtus | Viminales | Gum, White | white gum, manna gum |
Conservation Status *
- Tasmanian Status: r=rare, v=vulnerable, e=endangered, x=extinct.
- Commonwealth Status: VU=Vulnerable, EN=Endangered, CR=Critically Endangered, EX=Extinct
- IUCN Red List Categories
# Botanist continue to publish new findings and continue to discuss the taxonomy of Eucalyptus in Tasmania, so some lists might have more or less than the number listed here. Currently valid scientific names and authorities are given, following Williams and Potts (1996)
Confirmation sources include:
- Williams and Potts (1996), "The natural distribution of Eucalyptus species in Tasmania", University of Tasmania, Tasforests - Vol 8
- DPIPWE Threatened Species List.
- EPBC Act List of Threatened Flora: VU=Vulnerable, EN=Endangered, CR=Critically Endangered, EX=Extinct
- IUCN red list of threatened species Categories
- various Internet searches.
§: Not endemic, but the Tasmania E. dalrympleana is known to be phenotypically distinct from its mainland counterpart (Barber 1955; Pryor and Johnson 1971).