VOLATILE LEAF OILS OF SOME SOUTH-WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS EUCALYPTUS (SERIES-1) - PART-XIX

The volatile leaf oils of Eucalyptus miniata Cunn. ex Schauer, E. cana liculata 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. rect a L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. balladoniensis Brooker subsp. sede ns L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. 'species P subsp. P' L. A. S. Joh nson & K. D. Hill, E. 'species T' L. A. S. Johnson & K. D. Hill, E. ov ata Labill. var, ovate, E. yarraensis Maiden & Cambage, E. nova-anglic a H. Deane & Maiden, E. smithii R.T. Baker, E. dawsonii R.T. Baker, E. agglomerata Maiden, E. radiata Sieber ex DC. subsp, radiata, E. radia ta Sieber ex DC. subsp. robertsonii (Blakely) L. A. S. Johnson & D. F. Blaxell, E. dives Schauer, E. pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng. subsp. pau ciflora and E. pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng. subsp. niphophila (Maiden & Blakely) L. A. S. Johnson & D. F. Blaxell, isolated by vacuum distil lation, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. Many species contained alpha-pi nene (0-84.3%), limonene (0-6.3%), alpha-phellandrene (0-16.9%), 1,8-c ineole (0-77.5%), p-cymene (0-27.2%), beta-caryophyllene (0-10.8%), te rpinen-4-ol (0-28.2%), piperitone (0-54.5%), aromadendrene (0-21.9%), bicyclogermacrene (0-65.6%) and torquatone (tr.-3.6%) as principal lea f oil components. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.