Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (13 July 2000), Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 10. New tropical and subtropical eucalypts from Australia and New Guinea (Eucalyptus, Myrtaceae). Telopea 8(4): 530 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland: 7.6 km E of Croydon on Georgetown road (18°09'S, 142°12'E), K.Hill 1056 & L.Johnson, 10 Aug. 1984 (holo: NSW; iso BRI, CANB, K)."

• Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin pruinatus, pruinose, with the Latin prefix ex-, e-, without or lacking, referring to the lack of pruinosity in contrast to its distinctly pruinose sister species E. microneura Maiden & Blakely."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus distans Brooker, Boland & Kleinig legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus distans Brooker, Boland & Kleinig legitimate

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