Corymbia papuana

Corymbia papuana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Corymbia
Species: C. papuana
Binomial name
Corymbia papuana
(F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms
  • Eucalyptus papuana F.Muell.

Corymbia papuana, formerly (and sometimes still) known as Eucalyptus papuana, is an evergreen tree native to New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]

Classification

In the 1990s, ghost gums, along with the bloodwoods, were reclassified from the genus Eucalyptus to the Corymbia, though not all botanists agree.[2][3] This reclassification was based on the work of two botanists, Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson, who worked at the National Herbarium of New South Wales in Sydney.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Corymbia papuana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 Lyne, Andrew (1996) "What's a Corymbia? A New Name for the Bloodwood and Ghost Gum Eucalypts", Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 5 August 1996
  3. ↑ Barrow, Jim (2009) "Corymbia, Corymbia: wherefore art thou Corymbia?", Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Newsletter, May 2000 Archived 2008-03-28 at the Wayback Machine.
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