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Melaleuca L.

This genus name was first published in Mant. Pl. 1: 14 (1767)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000023565.

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Synonyms of Melaleuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cajuputi Adans. ex A.Lyons – — wfo-1200026156
Eremaeopsis Kuntze – — wfo-1200026176
Baudinia – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004236
Beaufortia R.Br. Hortus Kew. 4: 418 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004269
Billottia Colla Hortus Ripul. 20. 1824. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000004639
Callistemon R.Br. Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 547 (1814) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000006104
Calothamnus Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 25 (1806) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000006202
Conothamnus Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. : 9 (1839) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009186
Eremaea Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. : 11 (1839) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000013685
Gymnagathis Schauer Linnaea 17: 243. 1843. — wfo-4000016424
Lamarchea Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 483 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020478
Lamarkea Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 175 (1828) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020481
Manglesia – – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023031
Meladendron St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 64 (1880) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023559
Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025217
Ozandra Raf. Autik. Bot. 148. 1840. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027609
Petraeomyrtus Craven Austral. Syst. Bot. 12: 678 (1999) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000028952
Phymatocarpus F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 120 (1862) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000029486
Regelia Schauer Linnaea 17: 243 (1843) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000032671
Schizopleura Lindl. ex Endl. Gen. Pl. 1228. 1840. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000034447
Trichobasis Turcz. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pe}tersbourg 10: 336. 1852. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000038953
Kajuputi Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 84 (Caju puti) 530, indice. 1763 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000048403
Melanoleuce St.-Lag. – — wfo-4100001975
Melaleucon St.-Lag. – — wfo-4100001976

Species in Melaleuca ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Melaleuca:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca acacioides subsp. acacioides F.Muell. Brunonia 1987 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001368484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca acacioides var. acacioides F.Muell. Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1928 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001400757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca acerosa var. acerosa (Colla) G.Don Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001400758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca alba hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 515. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca armillaris subsp. akineta K.J.Cowley, F.C.Quinn, Barlow & Craven Australian Systematic Botany 3(2) 1990 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca armillaris var. armillaris Sm. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca bicolor Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 624 (1814) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000239426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca calycina subsp. calycina R.Br. Australian Systematic Botany 1988 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca canescens Nees Horae Physicae Berolinensis 1820 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca cardiophylla var. cardiophylla F.Muell. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392184
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca coccinea subsp. coccinea A.S.George Australian Systematic Botany 3(2) 1990 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca concreta var. concreta F.Muell. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca cordata var. cordata Turcz. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Series 2 19(2) 1907 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca cunninghamii var. cunninghamii Schauer Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23 1942 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca cuticularis var. cuticularis Labill. - = M?moires de la Soci?t? Royale des Sciences de Boh?me. Prague] 1921-2, 2 (1923) 89. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca cuticularis var. obvallata Domin - = M?moires de la Soci?t? Royale des Sciences de Boh?me. Prague] 1921-2, 2 (1923) 89. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca decurrens Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3649. 1831 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca decussata var. decussata R.Br. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 49 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca densa var. densa R.Br. - = M?moires de la Soci?t? Royale des Sciences de Boh?me. Prague] 1921-2, 2 (1923) 90. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca densa var. dorrien-smithii Domin - = M?moires de la Soci?t? Royale des Sciences de Boh?me. Prague] 1921-2, 2 (1923) 90. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca depressa var. depressa Diels Candollea 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. eleuterostachya F.Muell. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca ericifolia var. ericifolia Sm. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca eugeniifolia Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3648. 1831 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca excelsa Raeusch. Nomenclator Botanicus omnes Plantas 1797 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca fimbriata Dum.Cours. Le Botaniste Cultivateur 7 1814 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca fulgens Raeusch. Nomenclator Botanicus omnes Plantas 1797 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca genistifolia var. genistifolia Sm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New Series 38 1926 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca gunniana var. gunniana Schauer Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4 1856 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca halmaturorum var. halmaturorum Miq. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4 1856 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca huegelii subsp. pritsicensis Barlow Nuytsia 8(3) 1992 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca lateriflora var. lateriflora Benth. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca leucadendra var. cunninghamii (Schauer) Cheel The Flora of the Northern Territory 1917 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca leucadendra var. latifolia C.Riviere Bulletin de la Soci?t? Nationale d'Acclimatation de France 3, 9 1882 in obs., fig. 1. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca linariifolia var. linariifolia Sm. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392791
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca minutifolia subsp. minutifolia F.Muell. Brunonia 1987 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca nervosa f. nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel Austrobaileya 2(3) 1984 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca nodosa var. nodosa Sm. Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1928 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca ovatifolia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 624 (1814) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000239744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca parviflora Nees Horae Physicae Berolinensis 1820 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca parviflora var. parviflora Nees A Census of New South Wales Plants 1916 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca perfoliata Dum.Cours. Le Botaniste Cultivateur 7 1814 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca preissiana var. preissiana Schauer Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca pungens var. pungens Schauer Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca quinquenerva var. rubriflora (Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris) Baum.-Bod. et Syst. Fl. Neu-Caledonien 5: 97 (May 1989), with basionym ref., basionym as 'M. leucadendron auct. non L. var. rubriflora':. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397813
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca quinquenerva var. rubriflora (Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris) Baum.-Bod. Syst. Fl. Neu-Caledonien 4: 102 (1988 publ. Jan. 1989), without basionym ref.;. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001402099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca squamea var. squamea Labill. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 58 1924 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca squarrosa var. squarrosa Sm. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4 1856 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394581
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca styphelioides var. styphelioides Sm. Austrobaileya 2(3) 1984 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca tamariscina subsp. tamariscina Hook. Brunonia 1987 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca undulata var. undulata Benth. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca urceolaris var. urceolaris Benth. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca viminalis var. viminalis Byrnes Austrobaileya 2(1) 1984 1(1) on first page is incorrect. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca viminea var. viminea Lindl. Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca violacea var. violacea Schauer Flora Australiensis 3 1867 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora Gaertn. Austrobaileya 2(3) 1984 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394689