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Blue gum

Blue gum is a common name for subspecies or the species in Eucalyptus globulus complex, and also a number of other species of Eucalyptus in Australia. In Queensland, it usually refers to Eucalyptus tereticornis, which is known elsewhere as forest red gum.

''Eucalyptus globulus''

  • Tasmanian blue gum: Eucalyptus globulus (syn. E. globulus subsp. globulus)
  • Gippsland blue gum: Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus (syn. E. globulus subsp. pseudoglobulus)
  • Spotted blue gum: Eucalyptus maidenii (syn. E. globulus subsp. maidenii)
  • Southern blue gum: Eucalyptus bicostata (syn. Victorian blue gum or E. globulus subsp. bicostata)

Other ''Eucalyptus'' species

  • 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

References

  1. Edward A. Morris. (1898). "Dictionary of Australian Words, orig. Austral English".
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