Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(13): 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Prope litora aestuarii "Broken Inlet" Novae Hollandiae austro occidentalis. Mx."

• Etymology: "Folia simulant ea quarundam Fici specierum e serie Fici elasticae."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 256 [secondary reference]

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

Grimwade, R. (1920), An anthography of the eucalypts: pl. 74 [secondary reference]

common name: Scarlet-flowered Gum [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (November 1920), A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 5(3): 71-72, pl. 176, 177 [secondary reference]

Grimwade, R. (1930), An anthography of the eucalypts Edn. 2: pl. 98 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowered Gum [n/a] common name: Scarlet-flowered Gum [n/a]

Hall, N., Johnston, R.D. & Chippendale, G.M. (1970), Forest Trees of Australia: 32-33 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 125 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (27 June 1988), Eucalyptus. Flora of Australia 19: 97, Figs 20, 46, Map 50 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowering Gum [n/a]

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

common name: Scarlet flowering Gum [n/a]

Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (13 December 1995), Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 6(2-3): 245 [basionym]

basionym of: Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

Brooker, M.I.H. (28 February 2000), A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 86 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 30 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Broken Inlet, WA, G.Maxwell s.n. (holo: MEL; iso: K)."

French, M. & Nicolle, D. (2019), Eucalypts of Western Australia: The south-west coast and ranges: 30 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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