Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca campanae Craven , legitimate, scientific
Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 866 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia: lower slopes of Meanarra Hill (on town side), Kalbarri, 25.x.1994, Craven, Lepschi, Holliday, Bellairs & Bellairs 9432 (holo: CANB; iso: A, AD, ASU, L, MEL, NSW, P, PERTH, RSA."
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca concreta var. brevifolia Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet honours Barbara and Donald (Don) Bellairs, of Kalbarri, and is a noun in apposition derived from the Latin campana, bell, the family name Bellairs being considered by some to pertain to bell-house. The Bellairs possess a unique knowledge of the flora of the Kalbarri region acquired during the thorough documentation that they have made."
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 392 [secondary reference]