Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus x tokwa D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr , legitimate, named hybrid
Carr, D.J. & Carr, S.G.M. (1987), Eucalyptus II - The rubber cuticle, and other studies of the Corymbosae: 152-159 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "D.J.Carr 1872 13 June 1973, c.6 km from Tokwa on old road from Morehead, Western District, Papua-New Guinea. (=Carr, D.J. and Henty, E. N.G.Flora 49692). Holo: FRI. Iso: LAE, NT, PERTH, BRI, K."
  • APC Comment: The type of E. X tokwa represents a hybrid between Corymbia latifolia and Corymbia novoguinensis. No combination exists in Corymbia for the hybrid.
  • APC Dist.: Qld
Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6: 18, 19 [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Eucalyptus foelscheana F.Muell. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 125
Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (1994), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 1, 3 (Northern Australia): 100 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus greeniana D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr legitimate
Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (13 December 1995), Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 6(2-3): 466, 475 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "The type of the name (Carr 1872) is clearly (from its characters and locality) a hybrid between C. latifolia and C. novoguinensis. ... Specimens cited as E. tokwa by [Carr & Carr (1987)] from various parts of mainland Australia, excluding northern Cape York Peninsula, belong to several other species in series Dichromophloiae subseries Latifoliosae."