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.

E. 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 spp.

 * 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.