Volatile Leaf Oils of some South-western and Southern Australian Species of the GenusEucalyptus. Part VIII. Subgenus Symphyomyrtus, (a) Section Bisectaria, Series Cornutae and Series Bakeranae, and (b) Section Dumaria, Unpublished Series Furfuraceae Group

Abstract

The volatile leaf oils of Eucalyptus cornuta Labill., E. talyuberlup D.J. Carr & S.G.M. Carr, E. newbeyi D.J. Carr & S.G.M. Carr, E. burdettiana Blakely & Steedman, E. megacornuta C.A. Gardner, E. lehmannii (Schauer) Benth., E. conferruminata D.J. Carr & S.G.M. Carr, E. bakeri Maiden, E. jutsonii Maiden, E. mannensis Boomsma subsp. mannensis, E. leptocalyx Blakely, E. scyphocalyx (F. Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden & Blakely, E. platycorys Maiden & Blakely isolated by vacuum distillation, were analysed by GC-MS. Most species contained a-pinene (1.1-46%), 1,8-cineole (0.2-86.1%), aromadendrene/terpinen-4-ol (0-9.5%) and trans-pinocarveol (0.1-13.3%) as principal leaf oil components.