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): 38-39, Figs 14 (map), 16 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Halfway between Neale Jctn and Serpentine Lakes, Great Victoria Desert (28 deg. 20 min. S, 127 deg. 00 min. E), Western Australia, 18 Apr. 1991, D.Nicolle 7 (holo: CANB; iso: PERTH).

• Etymology: "The name refers to the very prominent wings on the buds and fruit compared with those of the typical subspecies (Latin alatus - winged, in the superlative.)"

Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 56-57 [secondary reference]

common name: Wing-fruited Mallee [n/a]

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

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

misapplication: Eucalyptus pachyphylla F.Muell. legitimate by Boomsma, C.D. (1972), Native Trees of South Australia Edn. 1: 156

• APC Dist.: WA, SA

Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 90 [basionym]

basionym of: Eucalyptus alatissima (Brooker & Hopper) D.Nicolle legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eucalyptus alatissima (Brooker & Hopper) D.Nicolle legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eucalyptus alatissima (Brooker & Hopper) D.Nicolle legitimate

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