Nicolle, D. & Brooker, M.I.H. (20 November 1998), Eucalyptus splendens subsp. arcana (Myrtaceae) an endangered new subspecies endemic to South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 18(2): 103, fig. 1, map 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: South Australia: South-eastern Region: East of Carpenter Rocks township, 26 February 1997, D.Nicolle 1978 [sic; correct collection number is D.Nicolle 1992] (holo.: AD; iso.: CANB, NSW, MEL, BRI, HO, K). Fig. 1.

Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (1999), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 2, 1 (South-eastern Australia): 195 [secondary reference]

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

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

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus sp. Carpenter Rocks [n/a]

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic

Rule, K. (28 July 2009), Eucalyptus arcana (Myrtaceae), a new combination for a former subspecies of Eucalyptus splendens and notes on a population of scentbark occurring near Moonlight Head in south-west Victoria. Muelleria 27(2): 230 [basionym]

basionym of: Eucalyptus arcana (D.Nicolle & Brooker) Rule legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eucalyptus arcana (D.Nicolle & Brooker) Rule legitimate

Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 152 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eucalyptus arcana (D.Nicolle & Brooker) Rule legitimate

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