Eucalyptus grandis

Eucalyptus grandis, Tamborine National Park, Queensland, Australia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Eucalypteae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Subgenus: E. subg. Symphyomyrtus
Sectio: E. sect. Latoangulatae
Series: E. ser. Transversae
Species: Eucalyptus grandis

Name

Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden, J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New S. Wales 52(17): 501 (1919)

• Typus: W. Hill 74 (undated; Holotypus: K [cf. K000279531^(JSTOR), 'This may be regarded as an ISOTYPE', collected in 1862]).
  • Note: this typification relies on Chippendale (1988) and Slee et al. (2020), who regard the description by Hill (1862) [vide infra] as valid.
• Type locality: Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms

• Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill in Anonymous, Cat. Nat. Industr. Prod. Queensland: 25 (1862), nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Note: the descriptions does not meet the requirements of 38.1(a) and 38.3 of ICN (2018).
• Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden, Crit. Rev. Eucalyptus 3: 58 (1915), pro syn. sub E. saligna Sm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province) Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St. Helena Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China Southeast (Guangdong, Guangxi) Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Note: grey-lettered areas indicate that their populations are introduced. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Maiden, J.H. 1919. Notes on Eucalyptus (With descriptions of two new species in co-operation with Mr. R. H. Cambage, F.L.S.). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 52(17): 486–519. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hill, W. 1862. Specimens of woods indigenous to Queensland. In: Anonymous, Catalogue of the Natural and Industrial Products of Queensland, Petter & Galpin, p. 25.
• Maiden, J.H. 1917. A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus​. Vol. 3. Parts 21–30. Sydney: William Applegate Gullick. BHL Reference page. 
• Chippendale, G.M. 1988. Eucalyptus. In: Flora of Australia 19: 1–448; 495–507 (Appendix). AGPS. Online. Reference page.  [see page 198.]
• Chen, J. & Craven, L.A. 2007. Myrtaceae. Pp. 321–359 in Wu, Z.-Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 13, Clusiaceae through Araliaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-59-7. PDF Online Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill (Near Threatened) - Assessed by R. Fensham, T. Collingwood & B. Laffineur on 12 June (2019).
• Slee, A.V., Brooker, M.I.H., Duffy, S.M. & West, J.G. 2020. Eucalyptus grandis. EUCLID: Eucalypts of Australia. Fourth Edition. Accessed: 2022 October 3
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eucalyptus grandis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eucalyptus grandis. Published online. Accessed: 3 October 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eucalyptus grandis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Flooded Gum
日本語: ローズガム
中文: 大桉

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