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): 28, 30, Fig. 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "2km N of Serpentine River along Albany Highway, 32°31'S, 116°21'E, 9 Oct. 1985, M.I.H.Brooker 9047 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, NSW)."

• Etymology: "The name refers to the scattered occurrence of the populations in the jarrah forest (Latin aspersus - scattered)."

Johnson, L.A.S. & Hill, K.D. (30 June 1999), Systematic studies in the Eucalypts. 9. A review of series Sociales (Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus, Section Bisectaria, Myrtaceae). Telopea 8(2): 191, Fig. 10 (map) [secondary reference]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 106 [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A reputed hybrid E. aspersa x E. falcata is the basis for E. intrasilvatica L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (Nicolle, 2005; Nicolle et al., 2006).
• APC Dist.: WA

Nicolle, D. (20 December 2005), A taxonomic revision and morphological variation within Eucalyptus series Subulatae subseries Decussatae and Decurrentes (Myrtaceae) of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 18(6): 497-498 [secondary reference]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus aspersa Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Dist.: WA

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 184-185 [secondary reference]

common name: forest mallee [n/a]

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