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The genus Eucalyptus is restricted to the Australasian area and does not extend further northwest of the so-called Wallace Line into Asia (Pryor 1976). The genus does not ocurr naturally in New Zealand or New Caledonia to the east. Eucalyptus is a large genus with about 600 species which can be grouped together into subgenera Blakella, Corymbia, Eudesmia, Gaubaea, Idiogenes, Monocalyptus and the large subgenus Symphyomyrtus. A separate genus Angophora is generally considered “eucalyptoid” and contains seven species (Pryor 1976).
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Inman, R.B., Dunlop, P., Jackson, J.F. (1991). Oils and Waxes of Eucalypts Vacuum Distillation Method for Essential Oils. In: Linskens, H.F., Jackson, J.F. (eds) Essential Oils and Waxes. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84023-4_11
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