Volatile leaf oils of some south-western and southern Australian species of the genusEucalyptus (series 1). Part XIX

The volatile leaf oils of Eucalyptus miniata Cunn. ex Schauer, E. canaliculata Maiden, E. pumila Cambage, E. vergrandis L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. suggrandis L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. tenera L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. incerata Brooker & Hopper ined., E. recta L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. balladoniensis Brooker subsp. sedens L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. ‘species P subsp. P’ L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. ‘species T’ L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. ovata Labill. var. ovata, E. yarraensis Maiden & Cambage, E. nova-anglica H. Deane & Maiden, E. smithii R.T. Baker, E. dawsonii R.T. Baker, E. agglomerata Maiden, E. radiata Sieber ex DC. subsp. radiata, E. radiata Sieber ex DC. subsp. robertsonii (Blakely) L. A. S. Johnson & D. F. Blaxell, E. dives Schauer, E. pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng. subsp. pauciflora and E. pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng. subsp. niphophila (Maiden & Blakely) L. A. S. Johnson & D. F. Blaxell, isolated by vacuum distillation, were analysed by GC and GC–MS. Many species contained α-pinene (0–84.3%), limonene (0–6.3%), α-phellandrene (0–16.9%), 1,8-cineole (0–77.5%), p-cymene (0–27.2%), β-caryophyllene (0–10.8%), terpinen-4-ol (0–28.2%), piperitone (0–54.5%), aromadendrene (0–21.9%), bicyclogermacrene (0–65.6%) and torquatone (tr.–3.6%) as principal leaf oil components.