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==Taxonomy and naming==
Lemon-scented gum was first formally described in 1848 by [[William Jackson Hooker]] who gave it the name ''Eucalyptus citriodora'' in [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell's]] ''Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia''.<ref name=APNI1>{{cite web|title=''Eucalyptus citriodora''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/455992|publisher=APNI|accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Mitchell">{{cite book|last1=Mitchell|first1=Thomas Livingstone|title=Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia|date=1848|location=Sydney|page=31|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9943/9943-h/9943-h.htm|accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref> In 1995 [[Ken Hill (botanist)|Ken Hill]] and [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|Lawrie Johnson]] changed the name from ''Eucalyptus citriodora'' to ''Corymbia citriodora''.<ref name="Telopea" /><ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Corymbia citriodora''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/562365|publisher=APNI|accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref> The [[Botanical name|specific epithet]] (''citriodora'') is [[Latin]], meaning "lemon-scented".<ref name="CANBR" />
Lemon-scented gum is also commonly known as '''citron scented gum''', '''citron-scented gum''', '''lemon gum''', '''lemon scented gum''', '''lemonscented gum''', '''spotted gum'''<ref name="weeds">{{cite web |title=''Corymbia citriodora'' |url=https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/corymbia_citriodora.htm |publisher=Weeds of Australia |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> and '''lemon eucalyptus'''.<ref name="ECHA">{{cite web |title=''Substance information for Eucalyptus citriodora oil (oil of lemon eucalyptus), No. 800-429-0'' |url=https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.226.893 |publisher=ECHA, European Chemicals Agency |accessdate=31 August 2021}}</ref>
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