Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eucalyptus diversifolia subsp. hesperia
Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus diversifolia subsp. hesperia I.J.Wright & Ladiges , legitimate, scientific
Wright, I.J. & Ladiges, P.Y. (1987), Geographic variation in Eucalyptus diversifolia (Myrtaceae) and the recognition of new subspecies E. diversifolia subsp. hesperia and E. diversifolia subsp. megacarpa. Australian Systematic Botany 10(5): 677 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Madura, Western Australia. Limestone scarp opposite Madura turn-off from Eyre Highway (31 53' 55'' S, 127 01' 19'' E), Jan. 1995, IW 29 (holotype: MEL 2037230; isotype: PERTH 046 23444).
Nicolle, D. (1997), Eucalypts of South Australia: 198-199 [secondary reference]
common name: Wylie Scarp Mallee [n/a]
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (2006), EUCLID Edn. 3: - [secondary reference]
common name: Madura mallee-ash [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Eucalyptus diversifolia Bonpl. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 909
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA
Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 224-225 [secondary reference]
common name: Wylie Scarp Mallee [n/a]
  • Etymology: The subspecific name is from the Latin hesperius meaning 'western', referring to the western distribution of the subspecies compared to subsp. diversifolia.