Corymbia gummifera

Corymbia gummifera

Corymbia gummifera

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: Corymbia
Subgenus: C. subg. Corymbia
Sectio: C. sect. Corymbia
Species: Corymbia gummifera

Name

Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Telopea 6: 233 (1995).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Metrosideros gummifera Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 170, t. 34, f. 1. 1788.
• Homotypic
  • Eucalyptus gummifera (Gaertn.) Hochr., Candollea 2: 464. 1925.
• Heterotypic
  • Eucalyptus corymbosa Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 4: 43. 1795.
  • Eucalyptus gummifera var. intermedia Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 469. 1928.
  • ?Eucalyptus oppositifolia Desf., Tabl. École Bot. 222. 1804. Regarded by WCSP as a synonym of Eucalyptus × purpurascens Link, an unplaced name.
  • ?Eucalyptus purpurascens var. petiolaris A.Cunn. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 221. 1828. Regarded by WCSP as a synonym of Eucalyptus × purpurascens Link, an unplaced name.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria Introduced into: Guinea, Hawaii, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Rwanda, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. 1995. Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 6(2–3): 185–504(233!). BHL PDF (44.5 MB) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Corymbia gummifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 9. Reference page. 
• Corymbia gummifera in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2013. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2013 Mar 1.

Vernacular names

English: Red Bloodwood
español: Palo de sangre roja

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