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): 455 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Northern Territory: 10.9 km N of Inverway on track to Duncan Highway, K.Hill 3528 & L.Stanberg, 30 Nov. 1988 (holo: NSW; iso: CANB, DNA).

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 143 [secondary reference]

common name: Bastard Ghost Gum [n/a] common name: Cabbage Ghost Gum [n/a] common name: Apple Ghost Gum [n/a]

• Vernacular: gunurru (Yawuru)

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 138 [basionym]

basionym of: Eucalyptus flavescens (K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson) Brooker legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 188 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Becoming yellow (branchlets and leaves).

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus flavescens (K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson) Brooker legitimate common name: Bastard Ghost gum [n/a] common name: Cabbage ghost gum [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus flavescens (K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson) Brooker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus sp. BB [n/a] doubtful taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus sp. D [n/a]

• APC Comment: A member of the C. dallachiana complex, and variously kept distinct or included in synonymy. Recognised as a distinct species in WA, NT and Euclid, but as a synonym of C. dallachiana in Queensland. Occasional hybrids are known between C. dendromerinx and C. flavescens in WA, and C. paractia is considered to be a possible stabilised paleo-hybrid between these two taxa (Hill & Johnson, 1995). Intergradation/hybridisation is also known between C. flavescens and C. grandifolia subsp. grandifolia, C. aparrerinja, C. candida and C. aspera (Hill & Johnson, 1995).
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Crisp, M.D., Minh, B.Q., Choi, B., Edwards, R.D., Hereward, J., Kulheim, C., Lin, Y.P., Meusemann, K., Thornhill, A.H., Toon, A. & Cook, L.G. (23 January 2024), Perianth evolution and implications for generic delimitation in the eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including the description of the new genus, Blakella. Journal of Systematics and Evolution [Early view]: [17] [basionym]

basionym of: Blakella flavescens (K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson) Crisp & L.G.Cook legitimate

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