Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Systema Naturae Edn. 12, 2: 509 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 5603).

Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 14, 105 [secondary reference]

Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum: 342 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 123-163 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Asteromyrtus Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnagathis Schauer legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 381 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron sect. Melaleuca (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 425 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 131, 141-142, 143, 147 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea trees [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea-tree [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 153-154 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea Trees [n/a]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 388-392 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 406 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek melas, black; leukos, white: so-called from the black trunk and white branchlets of some Asiatic form of M. leucadendron L."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 606 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 200 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 292, Fig. 47 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 232 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1968), A revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its allies (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 1: 1-114 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 203-204 [secondary reference]

Brighton, C.A. & Ferguson, I.K. (1976), Chromosome counts in the genus Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Kew Bulletin 31(1): 27-32 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 1140 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze nom. rej.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 642 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 253-254 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 65-76 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 131-146 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 138-139 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 254-273 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 412-413 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 95-126 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 244 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. (typ. cons.)

Cowley, K.J., Quinn, F.C., Barlow, B.A. & Craven, L.A. (17 August 1990), Contributions to a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 7-10. Australian Systematic Botany 3(2): 165-202 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 173 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 76, 192 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cajuputi Adans. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnagathis Schauer legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 533-534 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 171-172 [secondary reference]

common name: Paperbarks [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Melaleuca. Flora of Victoria 3: 1027-1028 [secondary reference]

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): 819-927 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 112-113 [secondary reference]

common name: Paperbarks [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 712 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melaleuca. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 198 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 349 [secondary reference]

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 241 [secondary reference]

common name: honey myrtles [n/a] common name: Paperbarks [n/a] common name: Melaleucas [n/a]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 532-533 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Malaloleuca Gand. orth. var. orthographic variant: Melalenca D.A.Herb. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron sect. Melaleuca (L.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kajuputi Adans. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cajuputi Adans. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnagathis Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sect. Eumelaleuca Baill. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze sect. Myrtoleucodendron legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Ozandra Raf. legitimate

• APC Comment: Callistemon is included in the circumscription of Melaleuca in NT, Qld, ACT and Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI, ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 664 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calothamnus Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Beaufortia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lamarchea Gaudich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eremaea Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Conothamnus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Regelia Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phymatocarpus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Petraeomyrtus Craven legitimate

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