“…Its trees occur in the Australian regions of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria (WALLIS, 1970;BEAN, 2013), having the most extensive latitudinal distribution of its genus (BOLAND et al, 2006). Also, such species is found in the United States (FOELKEL;BARRICHELO;MILANEZ, 1975;ROCKWOOD, 2012), Mexico (FOROUGHBAKHCH et al, 2017), Brazil (SILVA et al, 2007;QUEIROZ et al, 2010;MENTONE et al, 2011;SEGUNDINHO et al, 2015), Argentina (VILLAS BÔAS et al, 2009), Colombia (LÓPEZ; BARRIOS; TRINCADO, 2015), India (SHARMA et al, 2005;VARGHESE et al, 2008;CHEZHIAN et al, 2010), and Nigeria (ADEGBEHIN; OKOJIE; NOKOE, 1988) as well as in Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile, Guyana, South Africa, Portugal and Turkey (FAO/UN, 1981). Greater preferences in plantations are due to its fast growth, wide adaptability to varied weather conditions, and high drought resistance (RAO et al, 2002), being among the main cultivated eucalypts in Brazil (QUEIROZ et al, 2010).…”