Brooker, M.I.H. & Hopper, S.D. (31 August 1989), A new series Rigentes, of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) comprising three new species endemic to Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(1): 12, Figs 2 (map), 4 APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: "3.6 km S of Springvale road on Starvation Harbour road, 11 April 1985, M.I.H.Brooker 8932 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, NSW)."

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: Named from the Latin famelicus (hungry), an oblique allusion to Starvation Boat Harbour, near to which the species grows."

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 112, 130 [secondary reference]

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 110 [secondary reference]

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

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 10 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eucalyptus litorea Brooker & Hopper legitimate

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