# Corymbia

**Family:** Myrtaceae

_**Corymbia**_ is a genus of about 113 species of tree that were classified as _[Eucalyptus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus)_ species until the mid-1990s. It includes the **bloodwoods**, **ghost gums** and **spotted gums**. The bloodwoods had been recognised as a distinct group within the large and diverse _Eucalyptus_ genus since 1867. Molecular research in the 1990s, however, showed that they, along with the rest of the Corymbia section, are more closely related to _[Angophora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angophora)_ than to _Eucalyptus_, and are probably best regarded as a separate genus. All three genera— _Angophora_, _Corymbia_ and _Eucalyptus_—are closely related, often difficult to tell apart, and are still commonly and correctly referred to as "[eucalypts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalypt)". Groups of naturalists and conservationists do not recognise the _Corymbia_ genus and still categorise its species within _Eucalyptus_.

[**Source:** Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia)