Brooker, M.I.H. & Hopper, S.D. (20 December 1991), A taxonomic revision of Eucalyptus wandoo, E. redunca and allied species (Eucalyptus series Levispermae Maiden - Myrtaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 8(1): 51, 55, Figs 24 (map), 25 (photo), 26 (photo) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "0.4 km N of Tincurrin on Tincurrin North Road, Western Australia, 3 May 1988, M.I.H.Brooker 9941 & C.J. Ranford (holo: PERTH; iso: AD,CANB,MEL,NSW)."

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: "The epithet refers to the dull leaves which contrast with the glossy leaves of E. phaenophylla (Latin hebes, dull and folium, leaf)."

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 103 [secondary reference]

Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (2001), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 2, 2 (South-western and southern Australia): 418 [secondary reference]

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

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 125 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus medialis Brooker & Hopper legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus medialis Brooker & Kleinig nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus hebetifolia Brooker & Kleinig nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus medialis Brooker & Hopper legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 132-133 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus medialis Brooker & Hopper legitimate common name: middle mallee [n/a]

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