Brooker, M.I.H. & Done, C.C. (21 February 1986), Eucalyptus ceracea, E. rupestris and E. chlorophylla (Myrtaceae), three new species in the Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Nuytsia 5(3): 385, 387, figs 3 (map), 4-5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Prince Regent River Reserve (15°32′S, 125°13′E), Western Australia, 30 August 1974, A.S. George 12839 (holo: PERTH; iso: FRI)"

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the rocky situation in which the new species has always been found."

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 11 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 317-318, Fig. 90I-J, Map 385 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 524-526, fig. 156L [secondary reference]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 98 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Prince Regent gum [n/a]

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