Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(33): 50 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad bases montium graniticorum, Novae Hollandiae austro-occidentalis interioris, longitudine 119°25′, latitudine 30°47′. C. Harper."; given by K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Telopea 4(4) (1992) 630 as "holo MEL; iso K."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 238 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 58 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1913), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 2(7): 227-228, pl. 74 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Eucalyptus. Flora of Central Australia: 243-244, Fig. 300 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 126 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 54 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 265, Fig. 79, Map 301 [secondary reference]

common name: Round-leaved Mallee [n/a]

Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (12 March 1992), Systematic studies in the eucalypts - 5. New taxa and combinations in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) in Western Australia. Telopea 4(4): - [secondary reference]

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

common name: Round leaved Mallee [n/a] common name: Round leaf Mallee [n/a] common name: Disc leaf Mallee [n/a]

Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 64-65 [secondary reference]

common name: Round-leaved Mallee [n/a]

• Etymology: From the Latin orbis meaning "round' and folium meaning 'leaf', referring to the rounded adult leaves.

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 108 [secondary reference]

Nicolle, D. (8 January 2001), Notes on Eucalyptus series Orbifoliae (Myrtaceae) including a new species from central Australia. Nuytsia 13(3): 488 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus lata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 175 (map) [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus lata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus minniritchi D.Nicolle legitimate common name: Round-leaved mallee [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus lata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill legitimate misapplication: Eucalyptus websteriana Maiden legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 918

• APC Comment: Euclid (2006) includes E. minniritchi as a synonym in this species.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 92 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Eucalyptus minniritchi D.Nicolle legitimate by Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 64-65

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