Mueller, F.J.H. von & Brown, J.E. in Brown, J.E. (1891), The Forest Flora of South Australia 9: t. 31 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... the species appears to be confined, so far as the Gawler Ranges are concerned, to the southern watersheds of watercourses ..."

Maiden, J.H. (1910), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 2(1): 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus odorata var. purpurascens (Benth.) Maiden legitimate

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 417 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus behriana var. purpurascens Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. purpurascens (Benth.) Maiden legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 623, Fig. 833 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. erythrandra F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus behriana var. purpurascens Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. purpurascens (Benth.) Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. x macrocarpa Blakely legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 237 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. erythrandra F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus behriana var. purpurascens Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. purpurascens (Benth.) Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus odorata var. purpurascens (Benth.) Maiden legitimate

Boomsma, C.D. (1972), Native Trees of South Australia Edn. 1: 130 [secondary reference]

Boomsma, C.D. (1974), South Australian Naturalist 48: 55 [secondary reference]

• Type: "MEL 50232. Fragments presumably from Gawler Ranges, South Australia. Collector unrecorded."

Hall, N. & Brooker, M.I.H. (1974), Forest Tree Series 129: - [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 392 [secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Red flowered Mallee Box [n/a] common name: Purple flowered Mallee Box [n/a] common name: Port Lincoln Mallee [n/a] common name: Port Lincoln Gum [n/a] common name: Crimson Mallee Box [n/a] common name: Crimson Mallee [n/a]

Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 142-143 [secondary reference]

common name: Crimson Mallee [n/a] common name: Red-flowered Mallee Box [n/a]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 119 [secondary reference]

Nicolle, D. (24 August 2000), New taxa of Eucalyptus informal subgenus Symphyomyrtus (Myrtaceae), endemic to South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 92 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Red-flowered mallee box [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus lansdowneana F.Muell. & J.E.Br. var. lansdowneana legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus lansdowneana F.Muell. & J.E.Br. subsp. lansdowneana legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eucalyptus albopurpurea (Boomsma) D.Nicolle legitimate by Boomsma, C.D. (1972), Native Trees of South Australia Edn. 1: 130

Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 194-195 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowered Mallee Box [n/a] common name: Crimson Mall [n/a]

• Etymology: Named in honour of Thomas Landsowne Brown (1860-1931), one of the first collectors of the species.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eucalyptus albopurpurea (Boomsma) D.Nicolle legitimate by Boomsma, C.D. (1972), Native Trees of South Australia Edn. 1: 130

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