Taxon: Eucalyptus globulus Labill.

Genus:

Eucalyptus

Subgenus:

Symphyomyrtus

Section:

Maidenaria

Family:

Myrtaceae

Subfamily:

Myrtoideae

Tribe:

Eucalypteae

Nomen number:

15919

Place of publication:

Voy. rech. Pérouse 1:153, t. 13. 1800

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

27-oct-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

21 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

blue gum (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
southern blue gum (Source: F BritStace) - English
Victorian blue gum (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
eucalyptus globuleux (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
gommier bleu (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Blaugummibaum (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
Fieberbaum (Source: pers. comm.) - German
eucalitto globolo (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
eucalipto-comum (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
gomeiro-azul (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
eucalipto azul (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
feberträd (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
lan an (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn)
Bee plants: honey production (fide F Int Apico; Invasive Pl Spec)
Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
Fuels: fuelwood (fide Firewood Cr)
Materials: essential oils (fide Ency CNatIn)
Materials: gum/resin (fide Econ Pl Aust; F BritStace; Invasive Pl Spec)
Materials: wood (fide Econ Pl Aust; F BritStace; Invasive Pl Spec)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Tasmania, Victoria]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

Africa

MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Azores] Spain [Canary Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Free State]

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China

Australasia

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Ireland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (incl. Sicily)
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (incl. Baleares)

Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Juan Fernandez]

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980- (F Aust)
Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist of Myrtaceae. 2008 (L Myrtaceae)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). (Pacif I Ecosyst Risk)
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 (Econ Pl Aust)
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn) 232.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
National Academy of Sciences Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980 (Firewood Cr)
Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. (F Int Apico)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 (Invasive Pl Spec)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Eucalyptus globulus Labill. :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15919. Accessed 7 junio 2026.