Eucalypteae
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Eucalypteae is a large tribe of woody flowering plants with capsule fruiting bodies in the family Myrtaceae; members of this tribe are known as eucalypts. In Australia the genera Angophora, Corymbia, and Eucalyptus are commonly known as gum trees, for the sticky substance that exudes from the trunk of some species, or stringybarks. , the tribe comprised around 860 species, all native to Southeast Asia and Oceania, with a main diversity center in Australia.
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Eucalypteae is a large tribe of woody flowering plants with capsule fruiting bodies in the family Myrtaceae; members of this tribe are known as eucalypts. In Australia the genera Angophora, Corymbia, and Eucalyptus are commonly known as gum trees, for the sticky substance that exudes from the trunk of some species, or stringybarks. , the tribe comprised around 860 species, all native to Southeast Asia and Oceania, with a main diversity center in Australia.
==Genera== There are seven genera in the tribe Eucalypteae: Allosyncarpia – Australia Angophora – Australia Arillastrum – New Caledonia Corymbia – Oceania Eucalyptopsis – Indonesia, New Guinea Eucalyptus – Southeast Asia, Oceania Stockwellia – Australia
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