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): 245 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia var. carmina Blakely legitimate

• APC Comment: Hybrids are known, particularly in cultivation, between C. calophylla and C. ficifolia, and the progeny have been given the names Eucalyptus ficifolia var. guilfoylei F.M.Bailey, Eucalyptus ficifolia var. alba Blakely, Eucalyptus calophylla var. hawkeyi Blakely and Eucalyptus calophylla var. rosea Guilf. (Hill & Johnson, 1995).
• APC Dist.: WA, SA (doubtfully naturalised)

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 698 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowering gum [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia var. carmina Blakely legitimate common name: Red-flowering gum [n/a]

Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008), Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 84 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowering Gum [n/a]

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 30-31 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. legitimate common name: scarlet-flowering gum [n/a] common name: scarlet gum [n/a] common name: flowering gum [n/a] common name: (Western Australia) red-flowering gum [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia F.Muell. var. ficifolia legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus ficifolia var. carmina Blakely legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA (doubtfully naturalised)

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