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'Blue Gum' usually refers to the gum subspecies ''Eucalyptus globulus'', however it may also refer to a number of other species of Eucalyptus in Australia. Confusingly, in Queensland it usually refers to ''Eucalyptus tereticornis'', which is known elsewhere as Forest Red Gum.

★ Gippsland Blue Gum: ''E. globulus pseudoglobulus''

★ Inland Blue Gum: ''E. leucoxylon''

★ Large-fruited Blue Gum: ''E. leucoxylon''

★ Mountain Blue Gum: ''E. cypellocarpa'', ''E. deanei''

★ Round-leaved Blue Gum: ''E. deanei''

★ South Australian Blue Gum: ''E. leucoxylon''

★ Southern Blue Gum: ''E. globulus ssp. biocastata''

★ Spotted Blue Gum: ''E. globulus ssp. maidenii''

★ Sydney Blue Gum: ''E. saligna''

★ Tasmanian Blue Gum: ''E. globulus''

★ Victorian Blue Gum: ''E. globulus''
Other species are sometimes regarded as blue gums such as ''E. nitens'', and the Sydney Blue Gum (''E. notabilus''),