Myrtaceae

Melaleuca L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 14 (1767)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Indo-China to Australia, New Caledonia, Society Islands.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, Society Is., South Australia, Sumatera, Tasmania, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bahamas, Belize, Benin, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Louisiana, Madeira, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Mant. Pl. Alt. 1: 14 (1767).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 21, 2015 Nguyen Van Du; et al. [HNK 1049] Vietnam K000993443 No
Nov 17, 2004 Ismawi, H.O., et al. [49861] Malaysia K000260296 Yes
Nov 17, 2004 Banyeng et al. [57332] Malaysia K000260297 No
Nov 17, 2004 Turner, H. [75] Indonesia K000260298 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Oldfield, A.F. [s.n.] Australia K000793470 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1990 Brewer [s.n.] Australia K000812446 Yes
Feb 1, 1990 Brewer [s.n.] Australia K000812447 Yes
Crawford, A.; Harris, A. [ADC 2986] Australia K001590410 No
K:SPC-10553.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3649] Malaysia K001110724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vasconcelos, T.N.C.; Veloz, A. Dominican Republic K001265390 Yes
Herrington, Stephen; O'Brien, Seamus; Wilson-Wright, Robert; Porteous, Neil; Lunt, Piers; Bancroft, Charlie [BIBET208] Australia K001520126 Yes
K:SPC-16200.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3648] K001110723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, C.A. [1911] Australia K000793573 Type Yes
K:SPC-37259.000 No
K:SPC-37258.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3648] Malaysia K001110722 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 9, 2003 Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia Calothamnus K000793685 Type Yes
Aug 9, 2003 Brown, R. [4722] Australia Calothamnus K000793686 Type Yes
Jul 17, 2003 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Calothamnus K000793679 Isotype Yes
Jul 17, 2003 Brown, R. [4723] Australia Calothamnus K000793680 Type Yes
Brown, R. [4724] Australia Calothamnus K000793655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R. [1877] Australia Calothamnus K000752728 Yes
Koch, M. [2086] Australia Calothamnus K000216688 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Calothamnus K000793654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Preiss [362] Australia Beaufortia K000275883 No
Ellis, H.L. [26202] Australia Callistemon K000793343 Type Yes
Ellis, H.L. [26202] Australia Callistemon K000793342 Type Yes
Callistemon K:SPC-39339.000 No
Callistemon K:SPC-35027.000 No
den Hartog, C. [754] Australia Callistemon K000752607 Yes
Callistemon K:SPC-26709.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

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