Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus subsect. Apicales Brooker , legitimate, scientific
Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 117 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: E. leptophleba F.Muell.
  • Etymology: "from the Latin apicalis (apical), alluding to the anther’s erect placement at the tip of the filament"