Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 219 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ-Hollandiâ. Labillardière."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus amygdalina var. nitida (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 177 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (28 July 2009), Eucalyptus ambigua DC. (Myrtaceae), the correct name for the Smithton Peppermint of Tasmania. Muelleria 27(2): 228-229 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: New Holland [south-eastern Tasmania], undated [1792 or 1793], J.J.H. Labillardiere s.n. (lecto: G-DC, sheet G00131709, here designated, (image at BRI)).

taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus nitida Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus amygdalina var. nitida (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus simmondsii Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus australiana var. nitida (Hook.f.) Ewart legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A.R.Bean, Muelleria 27: 227-229 (2009) regards this as the correct name for the taxon known as Eucalyptus nitida Hook.f. in Tasmania. However, M.F.Duretto pers. comm. (2010) suggests the type material of E. nitida is not conspecific with that of E. ambigua and its placement is currently uncertain.

de Salas, M.F. & Gray, A.M. (25 February 2015), Eucalyptus ambigua is not the correct name for the Smithton Peppermint of Tasmania. Muelleria 33: 70 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Identity doubtful, most likely a clinal form between Eucalyptus nitida and E. tenuiramis."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 57 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... can not be confidently applied"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, possibly a “clinal form between Eucalyptus nitida and E. tenuiramis” (see M.F.de Salas & A.M.Gray, Muelleria 33: 67-73 (2015)).

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