Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus obliqua L'Hér. , legitimate, scientific
L'Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. (1789), Sertum Anglicum: 18 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Novâ Cambriâ Nelson. Guil. Anderson."
L'Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. (1792), Sertum Anglicum: t. 20 [secondary reference]
Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 524 [secondary reference]
Decaisne, J. (1834), Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor: faisant partie des collections botaniques du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 454 [secondary reference]
Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1850), Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio 1(6): 83 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Eucalyptus decaisneana Blume legitimate by Decaisne, J. (1834), Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor: faisant partie des collections botaniques du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 454
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 204 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus gigantea Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus falcifolia Miq. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 80 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 57 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 57 BHL [secondary reference]
Maiden, J.H. (March 1903), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 1(1): 16 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg.
Maiden, J.H. (May 1903), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 1(2): 51-72, pl. 5-8 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus procera Dehnh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus fabrorum Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus gigantea Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus heterophylla Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus falcifolia Miq. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus pallens DC. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 138 [secondary reference]
common name: Stringybark [n/a]
Maiden, J.H. (March 1914), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 2(10): 293 BHL [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus gigantea Hook.f. legitimate
Grimwade, R. (1920), An anthography of the eucalypts: pl. 45 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate [n/a]
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 351-353, Pl. CLXXIV [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 415, Fig. 173A, K [secondary reference]
common name: Stringybark [n/a]
Grimwade, R. (1930), An anthography of the eucalypts Edn. 2: pl. 61 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 618, Figs 818, A, K, 821 [secondary reference]
common name: Stringybark [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 216 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a] common name: Brown Top [n/a] common name: Stringybark [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 220, Fig. 53F, 58D, E [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a] common name: Brown-top [n/a] common name: Stringybark [n/a]
Floyd, A.G. (1978), Forestry Commission of New South Wales Research Note 35: 178-179 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 161 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Eucalyptus. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 170, Fig. 24A [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus pallens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus decaisneana Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus heterophylla Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. x microstoma Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. x pilula Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa Blakely legitimate common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 160-161, Fig. 58, Map 141 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Adventure Bay, [Tas.], 26 Jan. 1777, D.Nelson s.n.; holo: BM."
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus pallens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus procera Dehnh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus fabrorum Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus falcifolia Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus heterophylla Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa Blakely legitimate common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate [n/a]
Hill, K.D. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Flora of New South Wales 2: 133 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Tasmanian Oak [n/a] common name: Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a] common name: Brown top Stringybark [n/a] common name: Brown top [n/a] common name: Australian Oak [n/a]
Brooker, M.I.H. & Slee, A.V. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Eucalyptus. Flora of Victoria 3: 999, Fig. 204c [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a]
Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 188-189 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a] common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a]
Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (1999), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 2, 1 (South-eastern Australia): 303 [secondary reference]
common name: Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a] common name: Messmate [n/a]
Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 127 [secondary reference]
Hill, K.D. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Eucalyptus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 155 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a]
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (2006), EUCLID Edn. 3: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus pallens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus procera Dehnh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus fabrorum Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus falcifolia Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus heterophylla Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa Blakely legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua L'Hér. var. obliqua legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus pallens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus procera Dehnh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus fabrorum Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nervosa F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus heterophylla Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus falcifolia Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. megacarpa Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obliqua var. degressa Blakely legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 214-215 [secondary reference]
common name: Messmate [n/a] common name: Messmate Stringybark [n/a]
  • Etymology: From the Latin obliquus meaning 'oblique', referring to the uneven join of the leaf margins to the leaf stalk, common to many eucalypt species.
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 58 [secondary reference]
Del Guacchio, E., Bean, A.R., Sibilio, G., De Luca, A., De Casstro, O. & Caputo, P. (April 2019), Wandering among Dehnhardt’s gums: The cold case of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) and other nomenclatural notes on Eucalyptus. Taxon 68(2): 388 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus procera Dehnh. legitimate