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Line 15: ==Taxonomy and naming== ''Eucalyptus leprophloia'' was first formally described in 1993 by [[Ian Brooker]] and [[Stephen Hopper]] from a specimen Hopper collected near [[Badgingarra, Western Australia|Badgingarra]] in 1986. The description was published in the journal ''[[Nuytsia (journal)|Nuytsia]]''.<ref name="Nuytsia" /><ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus leprophloia''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/456408|publisher=APNI|accessdate=11 September 2019}}</ref> Brooker and Hopper derived the [[Botanical name|specific epithet]] (''leprophloia'') from "Greek ''lepros'' - "scaly" and ''phloia'' - "bark".<ref name="Nuytsia" /> [[F. A. Sharr|Francis Sharr]] gives the etymology as from the Greek ''leprosus'' meaning "scurfy" and ''-phloius'' meaning "-barked".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |author=[[Francis Aubie Sharr]]|title=Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, Western Australia |isbn=9780958034180 |page=238}}</ref> ''[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]'' lists the word ''leper'' as derived from the Greek ''lepros'' meaning "scaly", in turn, from ''lepis, lepos'' meaning "scale".<ref name="American">{{cite book |title=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |isbn=978-0544454453 |edition=Fifth (revised) |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rqRfDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT4154&lpg=PT4154&dq=Ancient+Greek+leprosus&source=bl&ots=zTViHxM8Mk&sig=ACfU3U2b7twxo_9jx7PnbfeS-fIy4usXuQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT1LzouevkAhWXb30KHdFiD-0Q6AEwDnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ancient%20Greek%20leprosus&f=false |accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref> According to ''[[A Latin Dictionary]]'' of Lewis and Short, ''leprosus'' is a [[ ==Distribution and habitat== | |||