Eucalypteae is a large

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s in the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

; members of this tribe are known as eucalypts. In Australia the genera ''

Angophora ''Angophora'' is a genus of nine species of trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to eastern Australia, they differ from other eucalypts in having juvenile and adult leaves arranged in opposite pairs, sepals reduced to projec ...

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Corymbia ''Corymbia'', commonly known as bloodwoods, is a genus of about one hundred species of tree that, along with ''Eucalyptus'', '' Angophora'' and several smaller groups, are referred to as eucalypts. Until 1990, corymbias were included in the g ...

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Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...

'' are commonly known as gum trees, for the sticky substance that exudes from the trunk of some species. , the tribe comprised around 860 species, all native to

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, with a main diversity center in Australia. __TOC__

Genera

There are seven genera in the tribe Eucalypteae: *''

Allosyncarpia ''Allosyncarpia ternata'', commonly known as ''an-binik'', is a species of rainforest trees constituting part of the botany, botanical family (biology), family Myrtaceae and included in the eucalypts group. The only species in its genus, it was S ...

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Eucalyptopsis ''Eucalyptopsis'' is a genus of two species of trees in the Eucalypteae tribe of the family Myrtaceae. They are native to New Guinea and the Moluccas, and their closest relatives are the species '' Stockwellia quadrifida'' and '' Allosyncarpia t ...

'' – Indonesia, New Guinea *''

'' – Southeast Asia, Oceania *''

Stockwellia ''Stockwellia'' is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. The sole species in the genus, ''Stockwellia quadrifida'' (commonly known as Vic Stockwell's puzzle), is endemic to Queensland. Description ''Stockwellia quadrifida' ...

'' – Australia

References

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