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December 2021

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genus

Melaleuca L.

This genus name was first published in Mant. Pl. 1: 14 (1767)  

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.

Synonyms of Melaleuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Beaufortia R.Br. Hortus Kew. 4: 418 (1812) wfo-4000004269
Callistemon R.Br. Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 547 (1814) wfo-4000006104
Calothamnus Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 25 (1806) wfo-4000006202
Conothamnus Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. : 9 (1839) wfo-4000009186
Eremaea Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. : 11 (1839) wfo-4000013685
Lamarchea Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 483 (1830) wfo-4000020478
Lamarkea Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 175 (1828) wfo-4000020481
Meladendron St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 64 (1880) wfo-4000023559
Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) wfo-4000025217
Petraeomyrtus Craven Austral. Syst. Bot. 12: 678 (1999) wfo-4000028952
Phymatocarpus F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 120 (1862) wfo-4000029486
Regelia Schauer Linnaea 17: 243 (1843) wfo-4000032671

Species in Melaleuca ( showing species 1 to 10 of 404)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Beaufortia burbidgeae A.A.Burb. Nuytsia 27: 177 (2016) wfo-0001348068
Beaufortia kwongkanicola A.A.Burb. Nuytsia 27: 187 (2016) wfo-0001348069
Beaufortia raggedensis A.A.Burb. Nuytsia 27: 194 (2016) wfo-0001348070
Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 116 (1862) wfo-0000239378
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Melaleuca graminea S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 204 (1920) wfo-0000239602
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Myrtoleucodendron acaciodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) wfo-0000248436
Melaleuca accedens (Hawkeswood) Craven & R.D.Edwards Taxon 63: 665 (2014) wfo-0001340053
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Calothamnus accedens Hawkeswood Nuytsia 5: 305 (1984 publ. 1985) wfo-0000780468
Melaleuca acrifolia Craven & R.D.Edwards Taxon 63: 668 (2014) wfo-0001424080
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eremaea acutifolia F.Muell. Fragm. 2: 30 (1860) wfo-0000952524
Melaleuca acuminata F.Muell. Fragm. 1: 15 (1858) wfo-0000239385
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Myrtoleucodendron acuminatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) wfo-0000248438
Melaleuca acutifolia (Benth.) Craven & Lepschi Nuytsia 20: 28 (2010) wfo-0000918055
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Melaleuca lateriflora var. acutifolia Benth. Fl. Austral. 3: 136 (1867) wfo-0000239664
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Melaleuca lateriflora subsp. acutifolia (Benth.) Barlow ex Craven Austral. Syst. Bot. 12: 885 (1999) wfo-0000239665
Melaleuca adenostyla K.J.Cowley Austral. Syst. Bot. 3: 171 (1990) wfo-0000239388
Melaleuca adnata Turcz. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 343 (1852) wfo-0000239389
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Melaleuca adnata var. abietina F.Muell. J. Bot. 15: 280 (1877) wfo-0000239390
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. abietina Benth. Fl. Austral. 3: 140 (1867) wfo-0000239552
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Myrtoleucodendron adnatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) wfo-0000248439

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Melaleuca acerosa var. acerosa (Colla) G.Don Flora Australiensis 3 1867 wfo-0001400758
Melaleuca cunninghamii var. cunninghamii Schauer Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23 1942 wfo-0001392267
Melaleuca genistifolia var. genistifolia Sm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New Series 38 1926 wfo-0001392506
Melaleuca gunniana var. gunniana Schauer Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4 1856 wfo-0001392549
Melaleuca ovatifolia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 624 (1814) wfo-0000239744
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':. wfo-0001397813
Melaleuca quinquenerva var. rubriflora (Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris) Baum.-Bod. Syst. Fl. Neu-Caledonien 4: 102 (1988 publ. Jan. 1989), without basionym ref.;. wfo-0001402099
Melaleuca viminalis var. viminalis Byrnes Austrobaileya 2(1) 1984 1(1) on first page is incorrect. wfo-0001394678