Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 152 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad oras orientales sinus Bremer Bay Inlet silvulam densam formans. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 235 [basionym]

basionym of: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. (1925), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 7(3): 82-83 [secondary reference]

Grimwade, R. (1930), An anthography of the eucalypts Edn. 2: pl. 103 [secondary reference]

common name: Laurel Gum [n/a]

Blakely, W.F. (1934), A Key to the Eucalypts: 107-108 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate common name: Red-flowered Moort [n/a]

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

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 219, Fig. 70, Map 227 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate common name: Red-flowered Moort [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Red flowered Moort [n/a] common name: Nodding Gum [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

McQuoid, N.K. & Hopper, S.D. (2007), The rediscovery of Eucalyptus nutans F.Muell. from the south coast of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 90: 44-45, Figs 1-7 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Eucalyptus platypus var. nutans (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Eucalyptus cernua Brooker & Hopper legitimate by Blakely, W.F. (1934), A Key to the Eucalypts: 107-108

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Eucalyptus cernua Brooker & Hopper legitimate by Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 219, Fig. 70, Map 227

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 66-67 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Bremer Bay, WA, Dec 1862, G.Maxwell s.n. (holo: MEL; iso: K.)"

common name: red-flowered moort [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin nutans (nodding), referring to its down-turned buds and fruits."

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 62 [unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to: Eucalyptus proxima D.Nicolle & Brooker legitimate

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 60 [unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to: Eucalyptus cernua Brooker & Hopper legitimate

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