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June 2025

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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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Melaleuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Manglesia Lindl. Sketch Veg. Swan R. : t. 3 (1839) wfo-1000051333
Cajuputi Adans. ex A.Lyons Pl. Nam. : 74 (1900) wfo-1200026156
Beaufortia R.Br. Hortus Kew. 4: 418 (1812) wfo-4000004269
Billottia Colla Hortus Ripul. : 20 (1824) wfo-4000004639
Callistemon R.Br. Gen. Rem. 15 (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
Gymnagathis S.Schauer Linnaea 17: 242 (1843) wfo-4000016424
Lamarchea Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 483 (1830) wfo-4000020478
Lamarkea Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 175 (1828) wfo-4000020481
Manglesia Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 25 (1839). wfo-4000023031
Meladendron St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 64 (1880) wfo-4000023559
Myrtoleucodendron Burm. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891) wfo-4000025217
Ozandra Raf. Autik. Bot. : 148 (1840) wfo-4000027609
Petraeomyrtus Craven Austral. Syst. Bot. 12: 678 (1999) wfo-4000028952
Phymatocarpus F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 120 (1862) wfo-4000029486
Regelia S.Schauer Linnaea 17: 243 (1843) wfo-4000032671
Schizopleura Endl. Gen. Pl. : 1228 (1840) wfo-4000034447
Trichobasis Turcz. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 336 (1852) wfo-4000038953
Kajuputi Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 84, 530 (1763) wfo-4000048403
Eremaeopsis Kuntze Lex. Gen. Phan., Prosp. : 201 (1903) wfo-4100001974
Melanoleuce St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 8: 203 (1881) wfo-4100001975
Melaleucon St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 64 (1880) wfo-4100001976

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link