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Bean, Eastern Grey Boxes 
Slopes: Dunedoo - Merrygoen road, Aug 1950, Johnson 
s.n. (NSW); Boomley to Caratel, Aug 1950, Johnson s.n. 
(NSW); Wollar, c. 30 miles [48km] N of Rylstone, Sep 
1948, Constable s.n. (NSW); 23.2 kmNNE of Marsden 
on Newell Highway, Apr 1974, Chippendale 950 (BRI, 
NSW); SW of West Wyalong, Blue Mallee S.F., Apr 
1992, Sivertsen 1399 (NSW). South Western Slopes: 
19.1 km NNE of Wagga Wagga on Olympic Highway, 
Apr 1974, Chippendale 929 (BRI, NSW); Mooney 
Swamp Road, NE of Deniliquin, Aug 1992, Porteners 
920800 (NSW); between Walbundrie & Henty, Oct 1967, 
Hall 29 (NSW). Victoria. Near Pyramid Creek, 14.3 km 
W of Cohuna towards Kerang, Jul 1975, Chippendale 
GC1389 (BRI, NSW); NE side of Arnold Road, 7.1 km 
SE of Inglewood, Aug 1995, Jobson 3695 (BRI, NSW); 
c. 8 km south of Benalla on Midland Highway; adjacent 
to Warrenbayne S.F., Aug 1994, Brooker 11973 (NSW); 
5 km W of Edenhope on Naracoorte road. Mar 1986, Hill 
1684 (NSW); Melbourne area, Melton South, 100-200 
metres E from Melton Railway Station, Feb 1991, Stajsic 
174 (NSW). 
Distribution and habitat : Eucalyptus 
microcarpa, as currently circumscribed, is 
widespread from the central western slopes of 
New South Wales (south from Dunedoo and 
Gulgong) and in northern, western and central 
Victoria and into South Australia. There is 
also a limited occurrence in the Mitchell area 
of southern Queensland (Map 4). It occurs on 
ranges, hills and undulating rises in clay-loam 
soils. 
Notes : Maiden established Eucalyptus 
hemiphloia var. microcarpa as a “small- 
Map 4. Distribution of Eucalyptus microcarpa 
fruited form”, but when a large number of 
specimens are examined there is in fact no 
significant difference in fruit size between 
specimens identified as E. moluccana and 
those identified as E. microcarpa. 
Eastern grey box populations in the 
Mitchell area of southern Queensland are 
tentatively included here in Eucalyptus 
microcarpa , as the juvenile leaves are too 
broad to be accommodated by E. woollsiana 
as currently circumscribed, and the habitat 
for the Mitchell populations (undulating 
rises and residuals) is rather different to the 
usual habitat for E. woollsiana in southern 
Queensland ( i.e. clay plains). 
In western Victoria and South Australia, 
Eucalyptus microcarpa has rough bark 
extending to the medium and small branches, 
and is often difficult to distinguish from 
E. odorata (Nicolle 2006). 
Eastern grey box populations close to 
the type locality of Eucalyptus microcarpa 
are very close to E. moluccana , apparently 
differing only by the somewhat narrower 
juvenile leaves in E. microcarpa. Meanwhile, 
populations from southern inland N.S.W. 
and northern Victoria are closely allied to 
E. woollsiana. 
Acknowledgements 
I am grateful to Ian Brooker and Dean Nicolle 
for helpful discussions, and to Gordon Guymer 
and two anonymous referees for reviewing 
the manuscript. Tony Orchard (Australian 
Botanical Liaison Officer 2008-09) sent 
images of the isotype of E. moluccana. Peter 
Bostock and Will Smith prepared the 
distribution maps. I thank the Director of the 
National Herbarium of New South Wales for 
access to the eucalypt collections during my 
visit to Sydney. 
References 
Boland, D.J., Brooker, M.I.H., Chippendale, G.M., 
Hall, N., Hyland, B.P.M., Johnson, R.D., 
Kleinig, D.A., Mcdonald, M.W. & Turner, J.D. 
(2006). Forest Trees of Australia , 5 th edition. 
CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Victoria. 
Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (1983). Field Guide to 
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