Brooker, M.I.H. & Hopper, S.D. (11 June 1993), New series, subseries, species and subspecies of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia and from South Australia. Nuytsia 9(1): 21-22, Fig. 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "7.9km W of Hill's Road on Tarin Rock Road, 33°04'S, 118°08'E, 16 Dec. 1987, M.I.H.Brooker 9832 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD, CANB, MEL, NSW)."

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: "The specific name alludes to the buds in comparison with the fusiform buds of E.decipiens, Latin obesus - fat."

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 104 [secondary reference]

Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (2001), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 2, 2 (South-western and southern Australia): 419 [secondary reference]

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

Nicolle, D. & French, M.E. (18 December 2012), A revision of Eucalyptus ser. Falcatae (Myrtaceae) from south-western Australia, including the description of new taxa and comments on the probable hybrid origin of E. balanites, E. balanopelex and E. phylacis. Nuytsia 22(6): 451-453, Fig. 7 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "7.9 km west of Hills Road on Tarin Rock Road, Western Australia, 16 December 1987, M.I.H. Brooker 9832 (holo: PERTH 01392905; iso: AD, CANB, MEL n.v., NSW image seen)."

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

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus obesa Brooker & Kleinig nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 176-177 [secondary reference]

common name: Ninety Mile Tank mallee [n/a]

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