Blue gum is a common name for
subspecies or the
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in ''
Eucalyptus globulus
''Eucalyptus globulus'', commonly known as southern blue gum or blue gum, is a species of tall, evergreen tree endemic to southeastern Australia. This ''Eucalyptus'' species has mostly smooth bark, juvenile leaves that are whitish and waxy on ...
'' complex, and also a number of other species of ''
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as e ...
'' in
Australia. In
Queensland
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it usually refers to ''
Eucalyptus tereticornis'', which is known elsewhere as forest red gum.
''E. globulus''
* Tasmanian blue gum: ''
Eucalyptus globulus
''Eucalyptus globulus'', commonly known as southern blue gum or blue gum, is a species of tall, evergreen tree endemic to southeastern Australia. This ''Eucalyptus'' species has mostly smooth bark, juvenile leaves that are whitish and waxy on ...
'' (syn. ''E. globulus'' subsp. ''globulus'')
*Gippsland blue gum: ''
Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus'' (syn. ''E. globulus'' subsp. ''pseudoglobulus'')
* Spotted blue gum: ''
Eucalyptus maidenii
''Eucalyptus globulus'' subsp. ''maidenii'', commonly known as Maiden's gum, is a subspecies of tree that is endemic to southeastern Australia. It has mostly smooth bark with some persistent slabs of old bark at the base, juvenile leaves with on ...
'' (syn. ''E. globulus'' subsp. ''maidenii'')
*Southern blue gum: ''
Eucalyptus bicostata
''Eucalyptus globulus'' subsp. ''bicostata'', commonly known as the southern blue gum, eurabbie, blue gum or Victorian blue gum, is a subspecies of tree that is Endemism, endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has mostly smooth bark with some pe ...
'' (syn. Victorian blue gum or ''E. globulus'' subsp. ''bicostata'')
Other ''Eucalyptus'' ''spp.''
*Inland blue gum: ''
E. leucoxylon''
* Large-fruited blue gum: ''
E. leucoxylon''
* Mountain blue gum: ''
E. cypellocarpa'', ''
E. deanei''
* Round-leaved blue gum: ''
E. deanei''
* South Australian blue gum: ''
E. leucoxylon''
* Sydney blue gum: ''
E. saligna''
*Other species, such as shining gum (''
E. nitens)'', and the Sydney blue gum (''
E. notabilis''), are sometimes regarded as blue gums
*Historically, the ''Dictionary of Australian Words'' also mentions ''
E. botryoides'', ''
E. diversicolor'', ''
E. goniocalyx'' and ''
E. viminalis'' (the famous "manna gum") in its list of "blue gum" species.
References
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