Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(12): 55 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In humo fertili secus rivulos a loco Kojoneerup Australiae occidentalis per plagas proximas orientem versus. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 249 [secondary reference]

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

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 443 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1912), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 2(6): 195-197, pl. 70 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 124 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 241, Fig. 75A-B, Map 261 [secondary reference]

common name: Spearwood Mallee [n/a]

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

common name: Spearwood Mallee [n/a] common name: Spearwood [n/a] common name: Bell Gum [n/a]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 104 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 706 [secondary reference]

common name: Spearwood mallee [n/a]

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

common name: Spearwood [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus microstoma R.Br. ex Blakely nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 150-151 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Kojoneerup, WA, G.Maxwell s.n. (holo: MEL)."

common name: spearwood mallee [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek dory (spear) and xylon (wood), referring to the stems, which are often slender and straight (especially in regrowth shoots following wildfire), and have a hard wood, making them a preferred species for making indigenous spears."

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