Rule, K. (16 April 1992), Two new species of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) in south-eastern Australia. Muelleria 7(4): 503-505 APC [comb. et stat. nov.]

• Type: "Pillaworta Creek near Pillaworta Hill, South Australia, 15 May, 1971, D.J.Boland 690 (FRI)."

basionym: Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. petiolaris Boland legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA

Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 180-181 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Gum [n/a] common name: Eyre Peninsula Blue Gum [n/a]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 122 [secondary reference]

Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (2006), EUCLID Edn. 3: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. petiolaris Boland legitimate common name: Blue gum [n/a] common name: Water gum [n/a]

Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 206-207 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Gum [n/a] common name: Eyre Peninsula Blue Gum [n/a]

• Etymology: From the Latin petiolaris meaning 'petiolate', refering to the petiolate (stalked) juvenitle leaves which distinguish the species from E. leucoxylon.

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